Monday, September 26, 2011

Cactus Flower-watercolor on TerraSkin

I'm still playing around with the TerraSkin paper surface.  I love the watery effects I can get with it and it forces me to paint more loosely.  I took some pictures of cacti flowering at Sherman Gardens a while ago and had been wanting to try painting them.  The flowers on these cacti are so beautiful I will probably paint them many times in several mediums.  This is a very small painting but I think a huge painting of these would be amazing.

Cactus Flower
Image Size 5.5" x 4"
Watercolor

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Posted by Nancy Goldman at 5:49 PM
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10 comments:

  1. martinealisonSeptember 26, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    Des couleurs intenses et puissantes... Une superbe aquarelle.
    Gros bisous

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  2. Nancy LaliberteSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    I definitely like the looseness. Nancy, your florals are always beautiful!

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  3. Autumn LeavesSeptember 27, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    Gorgeous colors and lovely effect on that paper! Reminds me of what I've seen done on Yupo paper. Great composition too, Nancy!

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  4. Nancy GoldmanSeptember 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    Merci Martine Alison.

    Thanks Nancy. I do love to paint flowers.

    Thank you Sherry. It's very similar to Yupo.

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  5. CindiSeptember 27, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    so glad you stopped by my blog.. so i could come over and see your wonderful work.. wonderful flowers...!!

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  6. Ricardo MarreroSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:08 AM

    Hi, I want to congratulate you for the extraordinary work of watercolor that I have seen on this blog of yours, I love you work with subtlety and softness, really are fabulous, a greeting.

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  7. Carrie Waller WatercolorsSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    Very interesting, Nancy about the TerraSkin! I'll have to look into! Looks like you're getting some interesting effects. I've never tried Yupo, but this sounds better!

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  8. Nancy GoldmanSeptember 28, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Hi Cindi, thank you for becoming a follower of my blog.

    Thank you Ricardo for the kind comments and for visiting my blog.

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  9. Theresa PadenSeptember 29, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    I love your wonderful flower watercolors! The colors and looseness in this one are great!

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  10. Nancy GoldmanOctober 2, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Thanks Theresa

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