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silence of the snowdrops
8x10, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2016 |
WINTER!!!
with almost triple digits temps going on here the last few days (ugh!) well, i thought we could all use a friendly reminder of a much colder time....you're welcome. :)
{ps and btw, this is my favorite painting. must be the winter theme...}
PRINTS
HERE. OTHER GOODIES
HERE. and for a little Eira (that's her name) in the making, visit my Facebook page
HERE.
i thought it would be interetsing and fun to take a look into the creative process of my paintings...from thumbnail to sketch to paint palette(s) to the finsihed piece. i know i absolutely geek out looking at other artists WIPs so i thought i'd create a new album after each painting of the step by step process i use (and have used for YEARS) and share it with everyone. i work traditonally...pencil, paper, paint, canvas. i have much respect for the digital artists of the world yet for me, the passion and love will ALWAYS be in the traditonal tube of paint. old school...and proud.
for a look at the full album and step by step instructions, please click on over to my Facebook page...and perhaps give it a "like", if you would be so kind! :)
PRINTS of this beauty here. ORIGINAL PAINTING is AVAILABLE. contact me, if interested.
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silence of the snowdrops
8x10 acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2016 |
winter, my favorite season. meet Eyra...."silence of the snowdrops".
this is my most favorite painting i have ever done. i am a winter lover through and through and nothing will ever change that. snow, icicles, cold air, snowdrops....i love all of it. tried a softer color palette for this piece to (hopefully) convey that frosty feel that winter brings and i also tried a bit of a new technique (which i am currently obsessing over)...
MULTIPLE coats of gesso on an already pre-primed canvas. i. am. smitten. i wanted something smoother, something that didn't *eat* the paint like the very lightly pre-primed canvas did. i tossed around painting on wood but then didn't want to have to go down the road of heavy shipping rates being that the wood is considerably heavier than canvas. plus, i love canvas....painted on it since i was a little girl when i got my hands on my first paintbrush so i kind of have a sentimental attachment to it (big surprise, what am i NOT sentimentally attached to?!). anyhoo...i have found that 6 coats (yes, 6) got me the texture (or lack of) that i was seeking. applied in alternate directions (one app-vertical, next app-horizontal...and so forth) with LIGHT sanding in between...paint applied like a dream. time to start buying gesso in buckets...:)
beautiful little Eyra is for sale as a PRINT
here with other novelties featuring this lovely
here.
see, winter can be beautiful...:)
*ORIGNAL PAINTING IS FOR SALE. EMAIL ME
HERE IF INTERESTED.
so sometime this winter, i'd really love to see some snow...until then, i'll have to paint myself a beautiful winter muse. and that's exactly what i've been working on....
(we had been so taken in by the storm; we had thought the quiet would remain, the stillness.)
(but.)
(sun negates snow)
Amazing. It seems that the top part has turned gold. :)
what a picture...
Beautiful sun awakens the sleepy day!
Did you take that?
It just makes me feel, I don't know...WOW
That's lovely.