Rose Painting, sketchbook, found art

I finally finished the rose painting and it was the range of greens that was a real challenge. I had to leave my comfort zone and not use my favourite green,sap green. I mixed ultramarine blue+lemon yellow, and for the underside of the leaves white+black+some of the mixed green.



Here is my latest sketchbook page which shows the colour mix for the Oh Poo! painting. I liked the dark grey (a mix of white+lamp black+raw sienna) but when I wanted a lighter shade and added more white I was not pleased, reminded me of very light coffee colour. Which leads me to my latest found art I called coffee head and left in one of my fave places in Yellow Springs that sells coffee. On the back it says:"Caffeine isn't a drug, it's a vitamin!"








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Comments

Anonymous saidā€¦
Wooo Very pretty girl! Love the rose! A rose by any other name would smell as sweet...lolol sorry that just poped into my head. (I'm weird) Hehehehe I LOVE that "Ohhh poo" portrait! Any art that has that as a part of it, is wonderful to me! It's all just great work! :)
Heather saidā€¦
I love the rose, it's very soft and free of planning, which gives it a "I'm romancing myself" feeling. I really like seeing your journal pages for future work...I don't do that, I just run around with it all in my head all the time and I see now how this type of practice could make things easier for my cluttered mind...uh...duh! Anyway, have a good one...:)
jafabrit saidā€¦
thanks angela, it is always nice to see you here.
hmbt, I like ho wyou see the rose. My sketchbook is a playground, I put everything and anything into it. If a thought or idea or a word pops into my head, quick in the sketchbook. I also keep track of colour mixes for paintings I am working on.
Michael saidā€¦
The rose looks fabulous.
I like that saying about caffeine.

Take Care
Michael
The Lone BeaderĀ® saidā€¦
That rose look very realistic to me=:)
Philip saidā€¦
Wonderful rose painting!

I have sent the questions to both of your e-mail addresses. Would you let me know if you receive them this time please? What happens to all the lost e-mails I wonder.
Casey Klahn saidā€¦
You are tying together a lot of loose ends. "I love it when a plan comes together!"
More! More!
Still Waters Studio saidā€¦
I love the rose and it would be so fun to find one of your coffee heads somewhere. Don't you just love leaving found art? Just once I would like to find someone else's.
Digitalgran saidā€¦
Wonderful work again.
I see very different then most the rose is for me an abstract of nature
thankyou for explanation of your color usage.
your painting express the wild rose , great work and emotion of self
Dr.John saidā€¦
The last picture looks like a bad witch from OZ.
Unknown saidā€¦
That rose is breathtaking! Brava!
Susie Q saidā€¦
The rose is simply stunning...
No other words. I love it.
Diane Dehler saidā€¦
HI, I wandered by and think your rose is gorgeous.
jafabrit saidā€¦
Hey there, thanks for your comments everyone. I really am quite proud of this painting.

yes dr.john I think you are right about the bad witch from oz lol! maybe my next one should be called tea brain :)
Cynthia saidā€¦
Lovely rose painting-I can't wait for summer to be here.

I really really really like what goes on in your sketch book. I wish I could borrow it for a day and just thumb through all your pages up close.

The caffeine quote is terrific, I couldn't have said it better myself.
Paula Manning-Lewis saidā€¦
Gorgeous rose!! And I would have to agree with the caffeine quote, it is most definitely a vitamin I can't live without!

:)
Janets Planet saidā€¦
Beautiful rose. Fun piece for found art. Its finder will be quite pleased.
Steppen Wolf saidā€¦
I liked the Rose painting. Some parts of the leaves seem to be a bit too contrasted and suffused with white (maybe that was the actual effect of light on the underside of the leaf)... Good one though..
jafabrit saidā€¦
Hi sunil, the white isn't actually light but the actual colour of the underleaf, sort of a velvety light grey green, and then add the light. Does make it unusual though, maybe that is why I was attracted to painting it.
Thanks cynthia, janet, paula :)
Neoma saidā€¦
love the greens around the rose, a gorgeous picture. I used to want to paint, even bought paints once, then got busy with other things, someday....maybe I will get back to it, but I bet I will need new paints...haha
Beaman saidā€¦
I must say, this rose picture is outstanding. The colours merge and match perfectly, the form is beautiful. Great work.
Lynette saidā€¦
Stunning is the word for this rose you did JB, wow I love the glowing colors against the dark background! Lovely detail!
Hehe I think of caffiene as a vitamin I really do, couldn't get going without it in the morning. Love your sketchbook entry...Cool stuff!
harry bell saidā€¦
I'm impressed by your rose painting. I always find it difficult to capture the fragility of the petals, but you've done it really well. Think I'll stick to solid old buildings.

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