I started this painting early last year just after completing
Diane Culhane's online class, "
Paint Your Garden". I used the frottage and blown blots techniques from the class and then I stopped. I wasn't sure what to do next.
I pulled the painting out of my "in process" stash a couple of weeks ago thinking that the next step would come to me given time and perspective.
Patience is a virtue (so true) and I completed this painting a few days ago.
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"Morning In the Garden" |
And now to the "reworking". I posted this rough photo of "We Gather Together As Friends" on Friday:
I thought I was done with it but, no, I kept going back and looking at it while waiting for it to dry completely. Hm-m-m. Out came the brushes and paints and now I am happy with the results:
I make word art (all the time, oy) and it has become a regular subject on my blog :-) This one is of the moment and decidedly
not close to my heart but, unfortunately, it is close to my head: