How to paint impressionistic flowers

[dirk123]

I had not painted for a while. This lesson seemed a good one to make a new start.

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[ncwren]

They are lovely.

[Happychappy]

    Beautiful job Dirk.   Love the shine on the pot.   Patricia

[Harwant]

Beautiful geraniums.Well done. You are encouraging me to try this technique ,Thanks Dirk.

Harwant.

[dirk123]

Thanks Natalie, Patricia and Harwant. I had not worked with the knife before,
but if you carefully follow in Nolans footsteps, it works very well.

[nolan]

good knife work Dirk
just darken the shadow cast by the pot a bit more

[MaryAnne Long]

Dirk,

This flower pot painting is fantastic.  Not sure about the "impressionistic" part, as everything looks so realistic.  The flowers are so well done, I want to pick them.  Love the depth in your background.

I want to do that one as soon as I catch up on things.

aloha

mea

[JayJ]

Beuatiful Dirk!


Nolan, can we please do something similar in Acrylic!  

[dirk123]

Thanks Nolan and Mea.
Mea, if you zoom in on the flowers you can see there are only dashes of paint, no real details.

[MaryAnne Long]

Thanks, Dirk.  Now I know I really have to take this lesson.

aloha

mea

[Danielle123]

Great painting Dirk,  love the flowers and leaves.  They realy stand out.

[Val]

Wonderful dimension in the flowers and leaves. Very well done. 

[dirk123]

Thanks Jay J, Val and Danielle.
 

[MaryAnne Long]

I really enjoyed this lesson.  Nice to know that you can make believable flowers without slaving over every petal.

I love the composition Nolan chose for this.

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I know my door panels are not perfect, but I am proud of my pot (as symmetrical as I could get it); the flowers; and my cut stone pieces.

Any suggestions gratefully accepted.

aloha

mea  (doing a happy dance)

[njnjgirl]

Dirk, well done, good job on the flowers, I really like how you have done the leaves.    Lovely painting. 

Mea, I agree your pot is wonderful!  Very nice work here.