Hi! I hope you're having a great week so far! Today I switched paintbrush strokes and painted a few roses on an 11" x 14" canvas panel inspired by a lesson in The Beauty of Oil Painting book by Gary Jenkins. I'm not really thrilled with how the roses turned out but at some point, one must move on. Gary always reminds his students that one will probably have to paint at least 400 hundred roses to get the hang of the strokes! I'm two closer to my goal ;)
99.9 % of my paintings are "alla prima" style meaning (at first attempt) a wet on wet technique.
For color inspiration, I joined along with this week's ColourQ color challenge:
I'm joining along with this week's Paint Party Friday site:
Thanks so much stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)
Oh my! Another beauty Mona!
ReplyDeleteYour paintings take my breath away!!
What stunning colours! A real beauty!
ReplyDeleteThe colours you have worked with are so beautiful, Mona!!!! Another absolutely wonderful painting!!! TFS
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!!!
Oh my gosh, this is stunning!!! Love the color palette and such wonderful airy feeling to it.
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Samra
Paper Talk with Samra
You may be critical about your roses and ofcourse you have to be to keep learning, but I think they are very beautiful! Also love you choice of colors.
ReplyDeleteLove your Roses!
ReplyDeleteOh, love the contrast of colors between the leaves and flowers...also, the leaves are painted beautifully!
ReplyDeleteI am sure you'll reach your goal!! But that's a stunner too! You really inspire me to get my oil paints out!
ReplyDeleteMy goodness! You are incredibly talented. What a gorgeous image and I saw many many others in your gallery. Simply breathtaking
ReplyDeleteGorgeous use of the colors, Mona! I love these roses!
ReplyDeleteAnother work of art Mona! I think they're lovely and remind me of peonies one of our neighbors grows. Thanks so much for joining us at ColourQ!
ReplyDeleteWith the amount of practice you do, I'm sure you will reach your goal. Just the 400 eh!! That must be reassuring to hear. To me, your Art is already impressive; imagine what it will become as you practice, practice, practice :D
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing, Mona. I love that blue foliage. If you had asked me about this color combo before I saw it, I might have wrinkled my nose a bit - but it's gorgeous! So fun to see the colors you put together.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous.....
ReplyDelete398 to go but I personally would be THRILLED with these! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI would at least have to paint a 1000 of them:) Geesh Mona; you are learning but certainly learning fast. I think this is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love your painting! Always find your work stunning.
ReplyDeleteWell, all I know, Mona, is that I love this painting as well as all your previous ones!
ReplyDeleteSo very gorgeous with soft and lovely colors!
ReplyDeleteMona your talent with painting flowers is just superb.
ReplyDeleteAnother stunning painting, Mona! The colors are absolutely divine! TFS!
ReplyDeleteMona, this is truly stunning! Thanks for joining us at ColorQ!
ReplyDeleteLovely painting. Kinda takes your breath away!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting, Mona, some people can paint a lifetime and not do as good as you have done on your first try...relax and don't be as hard on yourself. You are painting now, but look back at your first blogged card compared to your last one. Hopefully we all evolve with each stroke or stamp! Thanks for joining us at the colourQ, always enjoy your work!
ReplyDeleteThese roses are beautiful!!! My favorite flower, AND my birthday is on July lol!!! LOVE, LOVE
ReplyDeleteStunning roses! Love the colors so much!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Mona, I love the colors! The cool thing about painting is that every one you do gets better and technique improve. I think you are doing a fabulous job :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!! I love how you have painted everything in blues and then added the pop of peach for the roses. You are so talented!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!! I love how you have painted everything in blues and then added the pop of peach for the roses. You are so talented!
ReplyDeleteLove the colours, so romantic and dreamlike painting!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Mona, this is just absolutely stunning!! It's so dreamy and magical!! I love the colors!! I am so in awe of your painting!! Gorgeous!! Have a great evening!! Big hugs :)
ReplyDeleteLisa
A Mermaid's Crafts
My jaw just dropped! You are an amazing artist! Can't believe you aren't selling your work! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteOMG I love these peach flowers against the bluegrey background, so fabulous. This is totally your calling....well one of them, because I love your card making and scrap pages as well. I think you have inspired me tonight to delve deeper into my creativity (once school is finished of course) and keep trying new things.
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