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"Tulips on Orange Batik Shawl" -- oil on canvas 24x24" -- Margie Guyot
Surprisingly, cut tulips seem to last a lot longer than I'd expected. And they get more and more interesting as they age, with leaves twisting and the blossoms leaning and opening wider. Why throw them out?
For an interesting challenge, I decided to set them upon a bright orange batik shawl I'd snagged at a rummage sale. Some people might find this garish, but I loved it. It's a bright bit of "fire" in an otherwise dark, gloomy Michigan winter.
One trick I discovered about painting fabric wrinkles is to use Liquin and paint in the "hills and valleys" in the solid background color. In a day or so the surface will be dry enough to paint in the printed design. I didn't always know this. Felt like a genius when I finally figured it out!
And no, it still didn't make things much easier for painting wrinkled fabrics --- only a bit quicker! But what else is there to do up here in winter? I refuse to pay for TV (so I don't have any). And housecleaning is SUCH a drag. You clean and the next day everything's trashed again. Might as well sit and play around with colors!
Margie, I hope that it isn't that gloomy in upper Mich. You are supposed to be able to see the aura borealis around the Great Lakes because of the solar flares, which was just reported in TX. I don't think that it happens that often. So who needs a TV when you can watch an aura. ~Sandy~
ReplyDeleteThe skies are overcast most of the time in winter here, so I still haven't seen the northern lights. Darn it!
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