WDE: May 21, Lily

[Lake of Trees]

So, this is my attempt at the challenge. My plan originally was to have the true color of the lily be the background, and the background, which is black, to be the lily (actually have the lily black and white). I mixed the green and red that I was going to use for the "true color" together, which made a black with a settle bit of color for the background. At the time I hadn't added white to it yet, but loved it. So I kept it for the background and then used some of the red and green seperately for some of the shadowing on the lily.

I struggled a bit with turning the imgae into a black and white piece, but in the end, I think it turned out okay.

2 hours
Oil
5"x7" canvas panel

[eyepaint]

Cool beans!!!

[l Heather l]

Nice work taking on the challenge! Good black and white study! :thumbsup:

[lady of colors]

Nice work as Heather mentioned ... you really took the challenge ... well done, very creative

[123harry]

Yes, it works, Thaesha. It has a close-up intense, quality which is intriguing.

[connievanwinssen]

I like your colourscheme. Works well:)

[BUN201]

Love it!

[oldrockchick]

Interesting approach and a very different and unique outcome. Cool.

[ArtsyPatrice]

You are right! It turned out very nice! Very sophisticated ~ I could see this on a classy greeting card...

[artastic]

a terrific answer to the challenge

[Crowwoman]

I like your take on this one. ~!~Crowie

[RubyRedDog2]

This really turned out nice!!

Gail

[Valri Ary]

I love it! I'm working on this one too now. Really admire the dedication to keep it monochromatic.......

[robertsloan2]

Thaesha, this is beautiful. I almost took it for a black and white at first, then I saw the subtle hue shifts. Fantastic painting!

[Catherine1]

Thaesha, Very Very well done.. delicate and well constructed..