| Margaret's Irises © Marian Fortunati 11"x14" Oil on Linen Panel |
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A wonderful friend, advisor, curator and art expert, Margaret Danielak, (A Gallery Without Walls),
posted a beautiful photo of the irises in her garden on Facebook last
spring. The image has stayed in my mind since then so I was really
pleased when she gave me permission to use her photo as a reference for
this painting.
I've enjoyed painting the irises and other
flowers from Arlington Gardens in Pasadena and will probably do another
several, but Margaret's irises were "just right", so I will include them
in my "floral series".
I really enjoyed painting this. The colors and the notan captured my imagination and I was totally in to it as I painted. I love it when that happens!!. First I toned my canvas with raw umber then I wiped out the areas where I thought the light colors of the irises should be. That is something I learned from David Gallup. He doesn't draw out the scene first, but really just lets it flow from his imagination. Of course he's a MUCH BETTER draftsman than I am, but I've found that when I try to paint this way, I'm not trapped into "painting within the lines". It also helps me determine a notan pattern from the onset. From there on, it was a matter of trying to find delightful colors within the value patterns and getting a bit of variety in my textures.
I was happy with the outcome. I'm going to use this image on one of my postcards for my one-woman show coming up at the end of September!!! (Yes... can you believe it??)
I really enjoyed painting this. The colors and the notan captured my imagination and I was totally in to it as I painted. I love it when that happens!!. First I toned my canvas with raw umber then I wiped out the areas where I thought the light colors of the irises should be. That is something I learned from David Gallup. He doesn't draw out the scene first, but really just lets it flow from his imagination. Of course he's a MUCH BETTER draftsman than I am, but I've found that when I try to paint this way, I'm not trapped into "painting within the lines". It also helps me determine a notan pattern from the onset. From there on, it was a matter of trying to find delightful colors within the value patterns and getting a bit of variety in my textures.
I was happy with the outcome. I'm going to use this image on one of my postcards for my one-woman show coming up at the end of September!!! (Yes... can you believe it??)
I'm sure I'll drone on and on about that show in the next few months, so please put it on your radar.
I would LOVE it if each of you could make it.
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