Un, Deux, Trois...
A couple of weeks ago I began doodling poppies in bottles. I knew that this idea would eventually become new work. (Apologies for not taking more work in progress photos but I sped along on this page and forgot.)
I got to the point where I had painted the background, the bottle and the poppy but the work didn't feel finished. My friend, Tracey, posted a cute story about her daughter's reaction to an empty wine bottle which she had brought home from when she took my Durfort workshop. She put little twinkling lights in it. I thought that would be a great idea to add inside of my my painted bottle.
The next day, I took a nap. When I opened my eyes, I was facing my wall of Van Gogh postcards. The first thing I saw was Starry Night over the Rhone with the little dancing stars in the distance. Stars! Bottle! Twinkling lights! Off to paint I went!
Now, I was thinking about Tracey, my Durfort Workshop Gang and our time spent there. For our local adventures in France, we split into two groups. Each driver had a designated navigator. Tracey was mine. Every time we got to a rotary, we began counting in French, "Un. Deux. Trois." I wanted writing on my page and that memory was exactly what I needed.
While in Durfort, our group also had an experience of encountering poppies in the field. I love how these two pages fit together though I hadn't planned it that way.
Journal I made using a discarded, hardcover book with 100 lb Accent Opaque card stock sized Working size (book closed) 9 3/4 x 8" (Repurposing a journal I began in January.)
Acrylics: Holbein, Sennelier, Utrecht, Charvin and Golden (heavy body)
Brushes
Painting knives
Princeton Catalyst Tools
Stabilo All Aquarellable Pencils
Water Based Paint Markers (Holbein and Posca)
Looked at:
Edvard Munch
Enrique Martinez Celaya
Reading:
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