Day #2

Painting #2

June 29, 2012

I really enjoy this little painting. This is again oil on canvas board and is 8"x10" in dimension. I believe this one also took approximately 3 hours.

This again comes from a photograph taken by a friend and used with permission (check out the photo below).

I just loved the sharp contrast of the water and the color of the lily on this one and knew as soon as I saw it that I wanted to paint it. I am actually going to use this small painting as a study to do a larger version of it, I like it that much. I started this one with a black canvas to give it depth, although I am not sure I used the black to it's full advantage. The water is paynes grey and white, a little sap green in the murky area also black in the shadows on the water under the pads. I also added a little naples yellow in the highlights. The lily pads are sap green, raw sienna, naples yellow, white, black an a little toned paynes. The flower has alazarin crimson, white, paynes, naples, and peony. I did not attempt to keep the pads in the same place as the photo and kind of just went with the flow on that. Nor did I try to copy them, but really was just using them as a reference. The flower I also used more as a reference than to try and copy it exactly. The only preliminary work I did on this piece was to paint the canvas black the night before and to draw some chalk outlines for the pads, other wise it was another off the cuff painting.