luminescent pastel tea roses ~ Cupcake's Creations

luminescent pastel tea roses 31

Hi there! So happy the weekend is here! I've been practicing my rose painting skills. I keep reminding myself that several of my favorite floral artists not only studied art in college but they have also been painting for years. Gary Jenkins has more than 40 years under his belt! He's not only a wealth of knowledge, inspiration but he's also an amazing teacher. I referred to one of The Beauty of Oil Painting books by Gary Jenkins as I painted these luminescent pastel tea roses:

I REALLY struggled painting the pink rose. I think I started over 5 or 6 times. One of the great properties of working with oil paints is that if you are not happy with your work, a little turpenoid will erase it right off your surface! :)

The base background was painted using acrylics and all the rest was painted using oils on a 12" x 12" gessoed art board:

For color inspiration, I joined along with the current Scrap Africa Mood Board Challenge:

I'm also linking this to this week's Paint Party Friday post:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

31 Sweet Comments So Far:

Valerie-Jael 1 said...: Your roses are wonderful!Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie; Reply June 10, 2016 at 10:07 PM
Unknown 2 said...: The ARE luminescent! Amazing! I just went to an exhibition in Munich. The artist was Sorolla "Master of light" they call him. Your roses remind me of his wonderful art.
Michelle aka MiSchra #50 at PPF; Reply June 11, 2016 at 3:28 AM
Patty O'Malley 3 said...: Oh, Mona! I think this is favorite painting of your's! Absolutely beautiful! You should sell some of your work.; Reply June 11, 2016 at 6:34 AM
Marjan 4 said...: So very pretty and lovely! Beautiful colors too and I love your "light touch", hope you understand what I mean. There's a kind of delicacy about it.; Reply June 11, 2016 at 6:55 AM
Giggles 5 said...: Such heavenly paintings come from your hands...wow brilliant work! Who wouldn't want to stare at that all day long! Love the two colours together...that buttery yellow is stunning with the pink!

Hugs Giggles; Reply June 11, 2016 at 6:56 AM
Lisa 6 said...: Absolutely stunning, Mona!! I love the soft colors!! The leaves look amazing, too!! Gorgeous!! Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts; Reply June 11, 2016 at 6:57 AM
Linda Kunsman 7 said...: breathtaking Mona! The strokes done so softly in the various shades really shows the delicateness of the petals-must be the oils and I have only ever used acrylic paints. Happy PPF and happy weekend too!; Reply June 11, 2016 at 9:11 AM
Julie 8 said...: Absolutely stunning, Mona! These colors are incredible!; Reply June 11, 2016 at 9:40 AM
minnemie 9 said...: Really well done!!; Reply June 11, 2016 at 10:12 AM
Mirna 10 said...: Wow, Mona, your roses are absolutely divine!; Reply June 11, 2016 at 12:05 PM
Astrid Maclean 11 said...: These roses are so delicate and pretty, stunning work again!!; Reply June 11, 2016 at 2:11 PM
Greta 12 said...: I sure can't tell you struggled, Mona--gorgeous finished project!; Reply June 11, 2016 at 2:44 PM
Petra Swart 13 said...: Absolutely amazing, Mona!!!! Your pink rose turned out perfectly in the end!!!! This is such a fabulous painting - I LOVE it!!!! TFS.
Have a great Sunday!!!!; Reply June 12, 2016 at 6:17 AM
Lisa Elton 14 said...: Oh how dreamy Mona, I love this one!!; Reply June 12, 2016 at 7:55 PM
Cheryl W. 15 said...: I had no idea you could paint with oils and acrylics on the same surface. Your roses are iridescently lovely!; Reply June 12, 2016 at 9:18 PM
Val-Belle 16 said...: I think you have done a great job here. I don't really know much about painting although I have done some years ago...I think flowers are really difficult to do and I think you nailed it. I love this one and roses are my faves.; Reply June 13, 2016 at 12:24 AM
Fiona 17 said...: Stunning use of colour! Really does look luminescent! How do you do that?; Reply June 13, 2016 at 2:06 AM
Samra 18 said...: Oh my gosh! This is stunning! Love the colors and such a wonderful feeling or lightness...Absolutely breathtaking!
Hugs
Samra
Paper Talk with Samra; Reply June 13, 2016 at 4:55 AM
Fallingladies 19 said...: wow, wow, so beautiful! congrats on the feature this week on PPF!; Reply June 17, 2016 at 4:38 AM
Neesie 20 said...: Beautiful and so delicate Mona, just perfect.
I've never used oils paints before, but your work is so inspiring that I might have a dabble. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on being featured. Happy PPF to you; Reply June 17, 2016 at 5:13 AM
Faye 21 said...: Mona, your roses are exquisite! I used to paint in oils and the fact that you can so easily change things made it a joy.; Reply June 17, 2016 at 7:59 AM
Anonymous 22 said...: Lovely images (I browsed on other pages too) and love that you have a foot in science and art -- me too!; Reply June 17, 2016 at 8:43 AM
Granny Annie 23 said...: They are very sweet and delicate. Your talent shows through.

EAGHL
http://trigra.blogspotlcom; Reply June 17, 2016 at 2:37 PM
Gillena Cox 24 said...: These roses are so delicate, luv the detail brush strokes

much love...; Reply June 18, 2016 at 4:05 AM
Irene Rafael 25 said...: Lovely roses! Thank you for sharing your process.; Reply June 18, 2016 at 8:58 AM
Teresa M. Arsenault 26 said...: OMGosh this is so beautiful it takes my breath away. congrats on being featured at PPF.; Reply June 23, 2016 at 5:35 AM
ewelinkag 27 said...: Beautiful roses. Thank you for joining us at Scrap Africa.; Reply June 25, 2016 at 12:30 PM
Arantzazu 28 said...: wow Mona!!!
love it!! completely sublime!!!
thanks for playing with us at Scrap Africa!!!; Reply June 26, 2016 at 11:33 AM
Denise van Deventer 29 said...: Wow...it's sooo beautiful Mona! Your work is always stunning! ;-) Thanks so much for playing along with us at Scrap Africa! ;-); Reply June 30, 2016 at 3:00 AM
Mary Tzalla 30 said...: I always love your work, Mona, but this one is just so amazing that i can't stop looking at it!!! Realy love it!!! Thank you for joining us at Scrap Africa!!!; Reply July 1, 2016 at 2:44 PM
asica.p 31 said...: omg! lovely! Thank you for joining us at Scrap Africa!!!; Reply July 4, 2016 at 12:25 PM