Painting 145. Yellow Butterfly on Red Geranium II
(Watercolor heightened with colored pencil, 10x7 Arches Cold Pressed 140 lb paper)
Yesterday we had a taste of summer's heat before a cold front moved in and blew it all away, but the seed was planted, and warm sunshine and sunshine-y butterflies were in my imagination waiting to get out. I'm also taking a watercolor journaling class with Laure Ferlita called An Imaginary Trip to the Garden, and part of our assignment was butterflies. After I finished the journaling assignment, I took one of the extra photos and got my oil pastels out...intense color and a fleeting impression was what I had in mind, and painting 144, Yellow Butterfly on Red Geranium was a the result. After that, I created a very loose and impressionistic watercolor painting, then heightened it with colored pencil, which became painting 145...
6 comments:
Just too lovely! Yellow on Red is a great combination.
I must admit, I really know nothing about painting, but to me you seem to paint with a story or some emotion in what you paint. I throughly enjoy your paintings and photography. And your blog has enlightened me about so many things. Now I need to see one of those beautiful creatures for myself...I did see one so far this year.
Have a happy day!
I don't comment often enough but I love your colors and style.
And I love both of those watercolors Kelly. I'm not sure drawing of any nature is in the cards for me but I give it a try occasionally. Have a wonderful, but perhaps cloudy Sunday. Carol
What is so wonderful is I can see you have so much fun doing this! You do beautiful work. :)
...thanks, everyone. I really do love the oil pastels and the rich colors, and I always love watercolor. I haven't used colored pencils in years. I need to pick them back up. I like just using them to heighten the watercolor...it's another option!
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