Spring Impressions

 

 This is now posted and available in my Daily Paintworks gallery

Click Here For More Info: $100, Acrylic on watercolor paper, painted image 6x6 inches with a 3/4" border

An original expressive floral painting inspired by the energy and abundance of spring!  And I need some spring right now.  The reference photo is from my granddaughters photo of dry flowers at home.  We paint together via FaceTime occasionally and share ideas.  Just for fun and variation I cropped the photo while she painted the original size . 

The border around the painting is actually white not gray.  I like to leave a border making it easier to mat paintings that are on watercolor paper without loosing any of the image or you can include some of the little bleeds for interest.  A mat can be cut to fit an 8"-10" square frame.  

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide © 

Water Lilies

 

6x6 inch acrylic on gessoed watercolor paper

The title isn't very imaginative.  Perhaps It could be named "In Monet's Garden" since he was the master of the water lilies.  Would he appreciate my rendering I wonder.  

This is another fun play, experimenting with different brushes and brush work.  The colors are a very different take on the photo I used which made it hard to get the values right.  It eventually worked out and I'm happy with it.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide © 

Fish Stories

 

6x6 inch acrylic on gessoed watercolor paper.

Getting back to painting again after a long time off.  I'm experimenting with new techniques which is great fun.  This is pretty loose for me, playing with impressionism.  I've been gone from painting for so long I'm relearning, a good time to branch out.  

I took this photo at a lake near us.  I go to the lake and sit on the beach drawing sometimes and taking photos.  These youth were way off in the distance and I worried the photo wouldn't turn out.  The photo even though a bit fuzzy was still useable.  Can't you just imagine these two youths swapping fish stories?

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©