When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

"When life gives you lemons, draw them." (Nikki)

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Bluebonnets, Marble Falls, Texas

March 18, 2006

 
Bluebonnets, Marble Falls, Texas - 16 x 20 inches acrylics on canvas
Bluebonnets, Marble Falls, Texas, 16 x 20 inches acrylics on canvas, framed. Donated to Engineers Without Borders.
One of the unexpected experiences with this painting was adapting to a small-sized, slippery store-bought canvas, whereas I’m most comfortable painting on large home-built frames at least 3 ft. wide with stretched with canvas that has more texture. Trying to find the right colors of blues and greens was also a bit of a challenge. The painting has been reworked many times; I scratched and scrubbed off days of work and began again many times. For that reason, it took over two years to complete. A few images of earlier stages:

Bluebonnets, Marble Falls, Texas - 16 x 20 inches acrylics on canvas, left detail, early stage Bluebonnets, Marble Falls, Texas - 16 x 20 inches acrylics on canvas, central detail, early stage Bluebonnets, Marble Falls, Texas - 16 x 20 inches acrylics on canvas, right detail, early stage

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