Friday, March 11, 2011

White Cactus Bloom - SOLD

Cactus plants are to be found all around in the wilderness trail behind my backyard. I am facinated by the colorful blooms on these plants. The most common ones on our trail are currently bearing fruit - an oblong red kind of fruit. One day I am going to paint that too... But this one I painted from a photo reference on Wetcanvas forum (thanks to whoever posted the beautiful pictures!).
I painted this using the palette knife and using the new techniques I learnt during the January Workshop (see earlier blog post). I have the pictures of stages 1 and 2 below. I couldn't take a picture of stage 3 because it progressed so slowly, and somehow it looked so ugly to me that I was about to quit doing this painting. But filnally! I am so happy to be done with this. Hope you like it!

White Cactus Bloom - 11x14 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel
SOLD

Following are pictures of Stages 1 and 2. By the end of stage 2 as I progressed further, my flower was turning colorful. I wondered, is this thing ever going to turn out white... !?  :) :)
White Cactus Bloom - Stage 1
White Cactus Bloom - Stage 2

Here's the inspirational picture I used for this painting. As you can see I have changed things around in my painting, specially the background.

White Cactus bloom - reference from Wetcanvas forum


7 comments:

  1. Lovely! Proud of you.. Your home walls must be full of such beautiful paintings :) Where did you put this one? I wish, I was staying nearby, I would have stolen one of your paintings (rather all of them) ;)

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  2. Thanks Gauri! Very encouraging. I do have the significant ones on my wall. Still working on where to put them all up :)

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  3. Very nice Prerana! This is wonderful.

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  4. The final result is mind blowing Prerana, thanks for sharing the steps! The shapes of the petals are so spontaneous!

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  5. Thanks Madhuri and Padmaja. Very encouraging, helps me to get going on next ones.
    @Padmaja, nice to hear from you.. long time, haven't seen any of your paintings!?

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  6. Wonderful to come across such a good work of yours. I like the use of your colors..! Nice depiction. Really cool

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  7. BeautifulWorkThankYouForSharing:)

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