Monday, February 21, 2011

Floating Flower

Here is my second oil pastel.  It's a little bigger than the first one.  I like the first one better because it has a better sense of light and shadow.  The support I used for this was a blue archival mat board.  You can see bits of the blue peaking through in the leaves.  The color of the ground made it very hard to get the white to not look muddy.

I've decided I need a larger collection of colors.  What I have is very limited and there are no neutrals.  I know I should be able to mix them but I don't seem to have that ability yet.

I had fun playing with the textures on this one.  I did a scribbly sort of figure 8 pattern on a lot of it.

Floating Flower
Image Size 6.5" x 9.5"
Oil Pastel
Unframed

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Posted by Nancy Goldman at 4:21 PM
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    Very pretty! :)

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  2. Autumn LeavesFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:05 AM

    I think this is just as beautiful as your last piece, Nancy. I really do love your work and have your card with the koi fish right on my wall by my desk!

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  3. RobinFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:02 AM

    The scribbling really adds to the dimensionality too, at least it does when I view this on my monitor. It also boosts the colors, you really do have a way of capturing beauty in every flower petal. I meant to comment on the previous work too, the landscape looked like it came out of a slavic folktale, and so inviting. Your pastel work is gorgeous.

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  4. Nancy GoldmanFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    Thank you l.a.r.k.

    Thank you Sherry. I'm glad you like the card too.

    Thank Robin. I like the scribbling too. I'll probably incorporate that in other paintings too. And thanks for your other kind comments too.

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  5. Connie ChadwellFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    This is gorgeous, Nancy! It is so three-dimensional - and I love the placement of the flower. Wonderful!

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  6. Nancy GoldmanFebruary 24, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    Thanks Connie.

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  7. Theresa PadenFebruary 26, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    I really like this one a lot Nancy. It has beautiful texture and color and I love the way the blue is showing through a little bit.

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