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August 6, 2019 at 12:44 pm #476566
From my back yard. Acrylic on board, about 14×17.
This one was rough on the eyes….whew.
Cheers, DerekWebsite: www.artderek.com
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https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1431363August 6, 2019 at 3:04 pm #864463I love red and purple coleus and looks like vinca also? All in a decorative pot to shine in the garden. A beautiful garden still life, Derek, wow! Love this!!!
Kay
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August 6, 2019 at 3:57 pm #864469Wow, I thought this was a photograph. Well done.
sanlynn
August 6, 2019 at 5:18 pm #864466Magic …. that ref you posted earlier has turned up here too!!!
Brilliant work dear friend!Cheers, Maureen
Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .August 7, 2019 at 12:36 am #864481Gorgeous!
Christel
August 7, 2019 at 8:21 am #864474Kay, Christel, Sanlynn, Mum,
Thanks very much.Website: www.artderek.com
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https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1431363August 7, 2019 at 11:41 am #864471Outstanding!
[FONT="Tahoma"]CxC always welcome :thumbsup:
August 7, 2019 at 12:39 pm #864472August 7, 2019 at 4:02 pm #864468Beautiful.
One of my wife’s favorite plants.August 7, 2019 at 5:39 pm #864473my wife grows these and is a big fan, I think they are amazing.
Thanks much, Jon.Website: www.artderek.com
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https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1431363August 8, 2019 at 8:17 am #864482It is a lovely painting, you did it so nicely. I love the crisp colors and the stone, board they are sitting on, it all looks so very real as well as the plants…amazing job! Such eyes an artist has to be able to see something and put it to canvas…amazing to me how one can do so and make it look like a photo….
I relate things I see that I like, to my own life, the memories it evokes, and this is no exception…coleus were something we gave to our moms when I was in grade school long, long ago. Mom put it in the oven to keep it from freezing – yes, that was a real possibility in our home in my childhood – and the pilot on the kerosene oven was too warm for it, cooked it…I was heartbroken that my gift to my mom had died and it took me a long time to be able to look at a coleus once more. They are amazing plants, actually, and it cheers my heart to see on here this morning, as I am longing for yesteryear and its childish freedoms of late. Thank you kindly for sharing this with us. Blessings on your eyes and hands as you show us the world through your eyes.
As I will never take this exact path again may I not leave a kind word unspoken or a kind deed undone. May my life count for good, may the world be better for my having been in it when the final reckoning is accomplished. Blessings, LynneDe
August 8, 2019 at 12:04 pm #864475Hi there Lynne: what a lovely story. Thanks so much for sharing and stopping by.
DerekWebsite: www.artderek.com
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https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1431363August 8, 2019 at 3:34 pm #864464Gosh, this has GOT to be one of the most realistic pieces you’ve ever done, Derek. Incredible. The dimension, and distance shown between the plant, and the background is outstanding.
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https://williamfmartin.blogspot.comAugust 8, 2019 at 4:02 pm #864476Hi there Bill: I appreciate you stopping by. You know it is amazing how sometimes you post a painting on WC and it becomes way tighter (realistic) than the actual painting. Up close there are quite a few bits of sloppy brushwork
My intention was to handle this super complexity with careful observation. I know there are botanical and floral fans out there with a keen eye.
By the way, this was a labor of many glazes. The grass was done with mostly a grainer brush, one of my favorite tools.
Thanks so much.
DerekWebsite: www.artderek.com
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https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1431363August 8, 2019 at 6:45 pm #864465Hi there Bill: I appreciate you stopping by. You know it is amazing how sometimes you post a painting on WC and it becomes way tighter (realistic) than the actual painting. [B]Up close there are quite a few bits of sloppy brushwork [/B]
My intention was to handle this super complexity with careful observation. I know there are botanical and floral fans out there with a keen eye.
By the way, this was a labor of many glazes. The grass was done with mostly a grainer brush, one of my favorite tools.
Thanks so much.
DerekWell, I surely wouldn’t deem that brushwork “sloppy” by any stretch of the imagination. “Painterly” would seem to be an appropriate description, but that sort of brushwork is a very good characteristic. So, some painterly brushwork, when viewed at a distance, or scaled down a bit creates a wonderfully realistic painting such as this one.
I admire the way you handle acrylic! I couldn’t do that if the devil were after me with a stick!
By the way,….you do glazes very well!:thumbsup:
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