Fearless Friday, Bicycle Basket
Lately I’ve been experimenting with a looser style,
I call it “Dab & Scribble” 🎨 🖋
A little dab of color and then some ink scribbles
Depending on the subject, sometimes I sketch first,
and sometimes I just start with strokes of color as I did with the fox
A magazine photo was my model
Since this is a complicated subject, I did a partial pencil sketch first
After laying out the general outline of the bike and basket
I added dabs of yellow to begin painting the flowers in the basket
Then blue and purple
Orange
Green leafs and stems
The shapes are loose, just enough to suggest what the eye sees
Dark green helps make the flowers pop
Next I inked the bicycle and basket
After erasing the pencil lines I added washes of color to the bike and basket
I’m not worried about staying in the lines with this loose style
The background grasses are suggested with large loose pale green strokes
The distant lavender is indicated with pale lilac shapes
Foreground blades of grass, a few more ink details, and it’s done
“Bicycle Basket” 8″ x 8″ watercolor and ink on mixed media paper
Have fun and 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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Jenna, you do make the process look easy with your step by step tutorial. This is so lovely it makes me want to hop on my bike for a ride………..
Thanks Emily, very windy but warm here today 💨
Love it!
Thanks Rita!
Oh! I love the bicycle basket!
thanks Dorothy 🙂
This is the difference between how your work and how I do and how I WISH I could do more like you. I would agonize over the bike. All the detail. The number of spokes. The background. And my work lacks the freedom and joy of yours. I have to try harder. I love this so very, very much!
I am very flattered Jeanie, I think the hardest part of painting is simplifying the subject, and remember, you’re the artist! Happy painting!
Your painting today is an absolutely perfect gift for the anxiety of these times. I stared at your final product and put my mind in a quiet place, breathed deeply and could almost smell the fragrance from your basket of flowers. Thank you, Jenna for sharing this today.
Rosie
Rosie, you always say the nicest things! I am so glad I could bring you a moment of peace🌼💕
You may give it a casual name, but you are so amazing and so talented! I am always in awe! I love this bicycle picture! So lovely!
Thank you so much Chloe!!
I love this Jenna! I need to make one for me. 🙂
thanks Robin!
Love your bicycle basket! 😍💐 Beautiful work, Jenna!
thanks Patty Anne, the bicycle scared me at first, but once I decided it didn’t have to be perfect, I had fun!
The bicycle is so pretty! It’s almost identical to the real photo!
thanks Michelle 🙂
Jenna, I love the bicycle basket filled with pretty blooms. I always love your beautiful art! Happy weekend!
thank you Pam!
Lovely! Is this using watercolors?
Thanks Marty, yes watercolor and a black fine liner waterproof pen
You are amazing! It looks so easy when you show us! And the bicycle basket filled with flowers reminds me of a bike we saw in Germany! Beautiful!
Thank you Nancy, it was fun to paint 🚲 🌼
Oh, how pretty! Love this, the flowers look so real! Let’s take a spin! Eager to get out my cruiser and go for a ride, needs to warm up a bit more though.
Thank you Cyndi, I hope you get to ride soon!
I love your bicycle with blooming basket Jenna! I’m thinking about painting my bicycle by my Potting Shed before planting the basket this spring 🙂
Oh you definitely should paint it Mary! I used to have a turquoise one that we would decorate and use for art shows, and everyone always wanted to buy it!
Very pretty! You make the flowers and foliage look so easy to paint.
thank you Allyson!
I love how this turned out! I pinned it so I can practice!
Oh good, thank you Cherryl, happy painting!
Jenna, I have a soft spot for old bikes with baskets. I love this painting! You make it look so easy, I may even attempt to paint one myself. Congrats! You’ve been featured this week at Celebrate Your Story!
Thanks so much Rebecca! I hope you give it a try!
Lovely summer flower basket on handlebars. You are so talented.
Have a great week,
Kippi
thank you Kippi!