Fearless Friday, Funky Flowers with Acrylic & Paint Pens

Let’s have some fun today with funky flowers!
I am working on a series of 8″ x 10″ acrylic floral paintings
I have made several collages to refer to for inspiration

“Whimsy,” the painting pictured below
is the first one I painted in the series,
and shared the steps last year here

I painted today’s Funky Flowers using
a photo {below} from the collage

I started by painting the backgound

The table was painted with a brush loaded with brown and yellow
so the paint would be a streaky mix when applied to suggest wood

Simple flower shapes



Then the vase

Adding petals, leaves, details with simple strokes



I used a paint pen for the background dots
and the black dots in the red flower’s center
Then I decided it still needed a little something
so I added a few more simple lines with paint pens
to highlight the shapes and wood

I got a set of 12 assorted color acrylic paint pens
from Amazon here
“Funky Flowers” 8″ x 10″ acrylic on canvas

Have fun with shapes and colors~
Be Fearless!
Lately some comments are posting anonymous instead of with your name even though you’ve commented before~ This is happening to me too when I am visiting some blogs. I have found that if I use a different browser, like Chrome, it doesn’t happen. I apologize, and I’ve talked to WordPress about this and all they said was that you have to fill out the form that pops up and fill in your name and email. I know this can be a pain, so if you’re comments are posting anonymously just add your name to the end of your comment~ I’d love to know who I’m chatting with! Thank you so much!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado/ Love Your Creativity
What’s for Dinner/ Between Naps on the Porch
All About Home/ Common Ground & Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Oh My Heartsie Girl / Turn About Tuesday
Karin’s Cottage Linky Party / Creative Crafts / Crafty Creators
Full Plate Thursday/ Creatively Crafty/ Thursday Favorite Things
You make it look so easy! And adding the paint pens added to this beautiful painting!
Enjoy your Friday!
Thanks Nancy, I’ve never used paint pens on a painting before, they did add a little zing!
Such wonderful color Jenna! You woke up my eyes this morning!
Dorothy
Ha ha, thanks Dorothy!
Loving your funky flowers. I wish it was easier to paint backgrounds with watercolor!
I know, I struggle with watercolor backgrounds too…have you ever tried painting with acrylic? It’s a different world!
Jenna, I love your funky flowers. They are fun and and colorful, which I love. Happy Friday!
Thanks Pam, I love fun and colorful too! Have a great weekend~
Absolutely LOVE your flower painting today! I’ve got a perfect spot for it on my living room wall (wink!wink!). Happy Weekend!
Hi Rosie! Thank you so much! I just put the painting in my Society 6 Shop, it’s available on 36 different items. You can shop here: https://society6.com/paintedapron
What a beautiful painting! I love the bright colour.
Thank you Angie, I love color!
I love how this all came together for you and it is so pretty. You are indeed a fearless artist.
Thank you Linda, have a great weekend!
Very bright and cheery . . . nice work!
Thank you Mary! 💐
I’m loving the vibrant colors and whimsical arrangement! Thank you for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty.
Thanks so much Allyson!
Love seeing your creations come to life Jenna! ♥
Thank you Mary 💐
A joyous celebration of bright and happy colors! I enjoyed watching your painting progress Jenna, just beautiful.
Thanks so much Maria!
You make it look so easy but I feel that you are actually very talented! Thank you for sharing your process. I found you at the Crafty Creators link Party.
Thank you Christine 🙂
You are so talented! You always make painting look so easy, but I know if I tried it would look nothing like flowers, lol. The paintings are beautiful! Thanks for sharing on Crafty Creators & Happiness is Homemade! I’ll be choosing the features for September on HIH, so you’ll see me here for both parties.
Have a great weekend!
Thanks so much Niki!
What lovely colors! I enjoy your tutorials. Thanks for sharing with us at Creatively Crafty #ccbg 🙂
Thank you Lydia!