"Bouganvilla"

[walden]

Oil 12 x 16. The wind is gone, and it was a low, cool overcast this morning. All comments appreciated. :)

[Wayne Gaudon]

MHO...

Seems to me that the top half works but the bottom half seems too flat .. ie .. the top part of the painting is 3 dimensional but the bottom half isn't to the same degree of finish.

Perhaps more shape to the flowers and foilage.

[walden]

Yeah, I see that. I painted back to front, and what with the intensity of the magenta brachts, I was very leery of overworking that area-- plus, I was trying to leave some of my transparent underpainting peeking through in spots to intensify the glow. Looks like I might have stopped too soon.

I could have also achieved more 3-dimensionality there by showing more of the foreground pot, as I intended-- when I was drawing & blocking in, things just sort of grew on me. :D

[walden]

Wow-- did I misspell that or what? It's "bougainvillea".

[blondheim12]

Lisa,
I like the yellow flowers very much. I always work all over the painting, bringing it all together about the same time. Working in separate areas tends to cause problems.
Love,
Linda
http://pleinairflorida.org

[Wayne Gaudon]

I always work all over the painting, bringing it all together about the same time

I like that and work in a similar way .. it helps one spread the color around as well .. a lot of this here .. a little there sort of thing.

bougainvillea .. could have spelled it bogainviddie and I wouldn't have known the difference .. just figured it was some big name for something that was yellow or red :D

[walden]

Thanks, Linda. :)

I'm going to try working all over the canvas for a while-- sounds like an excellent suggestion, and it seems like it would help to keep my attention on the big picture and unify it.

Wayne, bougainvillea is that red/pink stuff-- it thrives in hot, dry climates, so I'm guessing you don't see much of it around your neighborhood. :D I know that it just looks wildly vibrant and over-stated in my painting, but it is actually that color, particularly when there's no direct sun to bleach it out (well, mine is that color-- some varieties are more orange/red, or orange/pink, or purple).