Fearless Friday, “In Full Bloom”
Recently one of my good friends, also an artist,
sent me this photo from a Martha Stewart DIY
It’s a painted canvas with faux flowers added to make it 3 dimensional
“You should do this!” she suggested…
I couldn’t wait to get started!!
I looked at a lot of flower photos on Pinterest
and used a various combination of elements I liked for my composition
Since most of my flowers were going to be in yellow and orange tones,
I decided to do a purple underpainting,
purple being the compliment to yellow {opposite on the color wheel}
I have never done a purple underpainting before,
I usually do black or red…
For now let’s just say I will never use purple again,
I’ll explain as we go along…
I decided to put a large vase of blooms on the left side
and have the flowers spill out across the canvas
I used a limited palette,
Titanium white, Cad yellow Medium, Cad Red Medium,
Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, and Phthalo Blue, Dioxazine Purple
The various blues and purple mixed with yellow can create a variety of greens
Using a limited palette also helps keep the painting in harmony
I painted the background in over the purple and started adding blooms
Compare the two canvases below
As the paint dried the purple re-emerged!
I lost track of how many times I painted over that purple
trying to get a soft yellow/off white background
and a ochre foreground
Next came the vase, leaves and stems
I added more color and petals to the blooms
Finally, I got so frustrated with the purple
I used a palette knife and mixed the paint with heavy gel medium
and applied a thick layer of paint over the reappearing purple areas
Heavy gel is a great medium to give dimension to the paint application
and it helps extend paint when you’re using a palette knife
Below is the finished painting
The pesky purple is still peeking through a little!
I used a hot glue gun to secure the faux blooms
I positioned them to look like they were naturally drooping out of the vase
“In Full Bloom” 16″ x 20″ acrylic on canvas
You can see the Martha Stewart tutorial here,
they used an inexpensive painting from Amazon here
You could also buy a painting at Target
or Hobby Lobby {use the 40% off coupon!}
They also cut a slit in the canvas to insert the stems
I don’t recommend cutting your canvas because it could sag and gap
I hope you try this,
whether you paint a canvas or use one that’s already painted
it’s a really fun project!!
{psst, don’t underpaint with dioxazine purple! 😱}
Be Fearless!
🎨 🌺 🎨
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Love Your Creativity What’s for Dinner?
Between Naps on the Porch, Make it Pretty Monday
Turn About Tuesday Celebrate Your Story, You’re the Star
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Full Plate Thursday
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Just beautiful.
thank you!
I love how you explain your process, Jenna. Even though this one was a little frustrating for you, I love the novel concept of adding the faux florals for the 3D look. Very cool.
Thanks Rita, I am loving the 3 D element of surprise, I can’t wait to do this again!
Your painting always makes me incredibly happy,Jenna. And I adore this one. And thanks for the step outs. I’m fascinated by process, even in media I don’t do. This has such dimension and depth. I love it.
thanks so much Jeanie, acrylic is my favorite medium 💕
The colors are beautiful!!!
thanks Michelle!
Beautifully done!
thank you!
What an interesting project with beautiful results! Love all the colors! Bravo!
thanks Rosie, I can’t wait to do this again!
I love this! And I personally do like how the dioxazine purple peeks through from your underpainting, especially since it complements the yellow. I like yours better than the inspiration because I love the perspective of the vase and the table. 😀 Your colors are PERFECT!!!
Thanks Ricki Jill, and thank you for sending me the inspiration! I love the way it turned out, and you’re right, I do like the purple coming through a little, my original thought, but wow, what a pain it was!! It was so crazy how it kept coming back 😂 I want to do this again, thanks so much! ❤️
Dear Jenna, I have nominated you for a Sunshine Blogger Award! I thoroughly enjoy your site and look forward to your blog posts! Best, Dorothy
Oh thanks Dorothy, so nice of you!
Absolutely beautiful. GREAT JOB!
Thank you Sandy, once I was finally finished I do love it 🙂 Looking forward to doing another 3D painting soon!
WOW! That flower painting is just beautiful and the technique with the fake flowers attached is so awesome looking. Have a nice weekend Jenna.
Thank you Julie!
Wow, that’s awesome!!
Beautiful work, Jenna! 🧡🌸
Thanks Patty Anne!
It came out beautifully! The 3D gave it such an interesting finish… and it made it come alive. The colors were fabulous!
Thank you Nancy!
Jenna, I love the 3D and yours turned out beautifully. I have seen this in a shop somewhere and thought it was so clever. I might try the bought painting version. Happy weekend!
Thanks so much Pam! I do love the way it turned out, I’m looking forward to doing another one 🙂 I hear NC is very snowy, be careful!
Beautiful Jenna! I admire your patience reworking. You are truly an artist and a teacher.
Thank you Bonnie! I am thinking about the abstract your daughter did for you, I am going to use it for inspiration for my dining room where I want a large abstract…💕
Jenna, I always love when you are doing florals.I am inspired to bring flowers home and arrange and I have you to thank for the daffodils on the island. Your colors are perfect for this in my opinion and I think your painting turned out beautifully…………
thank you Emily! I recently put your daffodils in my Society 6 shop…
Love the dimension the stems add Jenna! You reworked it beautifully!
Thanks Mary, it really does look kind of cool, everyone who walks by it stops and comments, even the children!
You may have had a hard time with the purple but I think it looks fantastic!
thanks so much Lisa, I do like it finally, but the purple was hard to work with!
You are amazing Jenna! Your painting turned out fabulous! Even though that pesky purple gave you a run for your money so to speak, you didn’t give up and made it work for you! Well done! 🎨👍🌸
thanks, I do love how it turned out but I will be forever scared to use purple!
I always love seeing your process and this one didn’t disappoint! The addition of the flowers to give it that mixed-media pop made me smile!
Thanks Hope, this painting stops everyone in their tracks when they see it 🙂 I even got a “very cool” from my 7 year old grandson!