Season for Gifts
Posted by Lakshmi
Saturday 11 December 2011
Tis the season for gifts and so my first gift was to a student whom I had taught English language quite some years ago. The wedding card arrived quite late and I had no time to do something more elaborate. So, of course I did what I can do the fastest - paint roses of course!
My second gift was to my sister who wanted a ' welcome ' signage for her patio. Thus, my second gift, which took an hour or so to finish. The varnish was done 2 days later!
Then, getting carried away with the roses, since it was the easiest to paint and also to finish all the roses theme quickly, I did this, also as a gift for Datin Suriaty as she had recently moved her business address.
As her business card had turquoise and blue violet colours, I painted the roses in a mix of Fawn and Country Blue for the base, then Smoked Pearl , Saphire and a touch of Blue Violet when stroking in the petals. Highlights were glazed in Titatnium White and shaded with Diox Purple. Finally, I used Aqua to slip slap all round the roses and ribbons to tone with the business card colour scheme and to soften the overall effect.
Ps: I haven't found the time to give it to her yet !
This biscuit tin was the one that I showcased as one of my recycling projects in my TV debut on RTM 1 and since I am updating the roses, I thought I might as well update this too .
I'm pretty sure most of you readers are up to your eyeballs seeing roses and I'm hoping therefore that I don't have to paint them again, at least until the end of this year !!!
Happy reading and painting
Lakshmi
Tis the season for gifts and so my first gift was to a student whom I had taught English language quite some years ago. The wedding card arrived quite late and I had no time to do something more elaborate. So, of course I did what I can do the fastest - paint roses of course!
My second gift was to my sister who wanted a ' welcome ' signage for her patio. Thus, my second gift, which took an hour or so to finish. The varnish was done 2 days later!
Then, getting carried away with the roses, since it was the easiest to paint and also to finish all the roses theme quickly, I did this, also as a gift for Datin Suriaty as she had recently moved her business address.
As her business card had turquoise and blue violet colours, I painted the roses in a mix of Fawn and Country Blue for the base, then Smoked Pearl , Saphire and a touch of Blue Violet when stroking in the petals. Highlights were glazed in Titatnium White and shaded with Diox Purple. Finally, I used Aqua to slip slap all round the roses and ribbons to tone with the business card colour scheme and to soften the overall effect.
Ps: I haven't found the time to give it to her yet !
This biscuit tin was the one that I showcased as one of my recycling projects in my TV debut on RTM 1 and since I am updating the roses, I thought I might as well update this too .
I'm pretty sure most of you readers are up to your eyeballs seeing roses and I'm hoping therefore that I don't have to paint them again, at least until the end of this year !!!
Happy reading and painting
Lakshmi
December 15, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Una belleza de trabajos.