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    "Sunflower Fairy", Original Watercolour Painting

    Friday, March 14, 2008, 04:06 PM [General]

    "Sunflower Fairy", Original Watercolour Painting.

    I've been working on Sales and haven't had too much time for painting although I did manage to finish "The Sunflower Fairy" last week. As well as fantasy art I enjoy painting flowers so this painting was a particular treat to plan and paint.

    I wanted to be bold with the background but in the end I ended up using too many colours and I think that this made the background too vibrant and fragmented as well as distracting from the Fairy. I solved this problem by applying a thin glaze of cobalt blue over the entire background. I think that this softened the contrast between the colours and helped make the background less of a feature.

       Painting Details

    • Original Watercolour
    • Paper, Saunders Waterford 200lb watercolour paper
    • Painting Size approx. 43cm by 35cm
    • Entirely watercolour  

      

     

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    Hi Scot, I love your painting. Sunflowers are one of my favourite flowers, I usually plant them all around my cottage every summer . Will keep in contact regarding fairy ball.
    Have a magical weekend
    Liz xxx

    Liz
    March 14, 2008
    04:41 PM CST

    These are beautiful! The glaze of cobalt blue over the background in Sunflower Fairy has worked really well and it's a gorgeous painting.

    Suzanne
    March 15, 2008
    04:35 AM CST

    Another enchanting creature Scot! We have a lot of these faeries here in Kansas (us being "the sunflower state" and all). You've painted her wings just exactly the colours of a prairie summer's sunrise:-)

    Thyme
    March 31, 2008
    09:56 PM CST

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