This is an older painting of mine that I painted in 2017. I was feeling lonely, so I went to my paints. You’ll notice that this painting has 5 blue flowers, 5 bees, and then 1 large red rose. The rose doesn’t have her bee though. It seemed like everyone was paired off except for me. That doesn’t mean that I won’t bloom and that doesn’t mean that the painting should be sad. It is a simple fact, which is why the background is so bright and cheerful.
Title: Simple Rose Size: 5 x 7 inches Medium: Acrylic paint of canvas Finished Date: Finished 2014, gallery wrap 2017 Summary: As the title suggests this was a simple and quick rose. The main purpose of it was to experiment with painting a flower
Write Up:
This is one of my first canvas paintings. I was focused on technique, which is why it is so simple.
It is simple and singular, with only one red rose with a steam and two small leaves. The beauty is in its simplicity.
As you can see the background is blue and teal. It was created by a crisscross wet blended method. I had only done this technique on larger surface areas and I was pleased with how well it transferred to this smaller area.
The stem’s technique is a gradual shading using a pale green for where the light source hit and a more brown shade of green for the shadowed areas.
For the rose itself I used a crimson base with white for the light and purple for the shade.
For years I would look at this painting and wonder why it did not seem complete. I was at a loss about what was missing and how to improve the art piece. I wanted to keep it simple, but it needed something more. In 2017, I added the gallery wrap. Instead of blue or teal, which would have been in line with what a gallery wrap’s purpose is, I chose red. This small detail makes the painting look and feel complete. It is just enough contrast to give the simple painting another element.
I normally do not like posting twice in one day, but I just finished an abstract painting that I’m calling “Heart On Fire.” It is very different from the other post so thought I would share it with you.
This painting started with a vague idea in my mind, but I was not sure how it would come out. It was my first attempt at painting a heart on fire. I do like how it came out. The purpose of this painting is to display the passion that is in at least my heart that shines even when the surroundings are dark.
The video is the recording of me painting it and the pictures are of the finish product (in case you could not tell).
