Tete-e-Tete Daffodils
{12" x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) – oil on linen panel}
Last week I finished this painting, these miniture daffodils are my favorite because I like how delicate in scale they are. I have tried to paint them a few times this spring {here is one other success} and I have been playing with different backgrounds lately, and the mid value gray has been a fun experience. It is a cool neutral that works well with the warm and vibrant colors found in several spring flowers.
I also realize that reflections on glass are becoming a bit of a love affair for me. The edge quality and value contrast of the highlights and reflections seen on glass is a perceptual puzzle that I strive to capture in a convincing and interesting manner. Each time I paint reflections I observe different nuances that adds to my understanding and then each subsequent painting has a more developed highlight and reflection.
Have a wonderful evening/night, Liz
11 comments:
Another beautiful painting! I love the bright daffodils against the gray. Beautiful glass--love the distortion of the stems in the water. The tablecloth, too is wonderful. I love the way the edge picks up the light, the shadow of the glass on the fold, and the way the pattern changes in the shadow. So many wonderful details!
Very nice work!!! love the flowers and you did a great work with the table cloth... I could touch it.
Gooooooooorgeous! I LOVE this.
Hi Virginia! thanks so much for the comment and for seeing everything that I was trying to convey :)
Hi Ale, I am so glad you like the painting and the cloth!
Thanks Diane :)
What a beautiful and well done painting, Liz! I, too, like the yellow against the gray background! I can tell that much work and thought went into this!
Thanks Anna :) this was a fun painting to work on and think through!
Beautiful work, Liz. There's so much delicacy in those petals, they're really something.
Thanks Caroline :) I love how flower petals have a slight transparency to them
Hi Caroline, thanks for stopping by and sharing :)
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