"Lunch in the Garden", WIP #3

Did 2nd. butterfly.  So far, so good.

Did 3rd. butterfly.  A little harder to do because of flowers in front of it--bits and pieces.  Now for the background---WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?!!  Who's idea was this, anyhow?  Oh yeah--mine!!

Next day--It is a good thing us artists have to sleep at night.  It gets us away from what we're working on and there is a fresh perspective when we view it the next time.  I saw that the butterflies needed more shading and highlights, to give them volume/form.

To Be Continued…..

"Lunch in the Garden", #2

After I did some of the top part, I decided to do the main butterfly--to get a feel for how the colors of it would go with the background.  I was pleased.  The first pic I took showed the rock a blurb, so I worked on it, tweaked some flowers, and took another pic.

I then decided to do the other two butterflies, so I could do the background to accent them and include my color trail.  Will post the second butterfly, soon.

To Be Continued….

I'm Trying Something New--for me.

I love posting to my blog, but have not finished anything, recently.  So…..I have decided to do a W.I.P. (work in progress).  Usually I don't show my paintings until they are finished.  Any one else do that?  This one is titled "Lunch in the Garden".  Our local library has a butterfly garden and I just happened to check it out one day when the monarchs were all over the place.  Luckily, I had my camera with me and took quite a few pics.

On my computer I zoomed in and cropped three of the butterflies and flipped one because it was facing the wrong direction.  I decided on my format, 12"x24", paper--velour board(sand color).  Did my drawing on tracing paper, putting in only the butterflies and a few placements for flowers.  I am going to do the background as my creativeness inspires (that scares me).

The main butterfly was put in the focal area, and I used harmonic armature to place the minor monarchs, then transferred the drawing to my support (paper).  I try to remember that some of you are not artists--and, yes, we do have our own language/terminology.  One of my apps. I have started using quite a bit, is Adobe Photoshop Express, on my iPad.  It is really easy to use.  One of the features is called Looks/Premium Looks.  I took my original photo and applied Spring.  I gave me a more vibrant color for the butterflies.  I thought the foliage was too vibrant, so will change that.  See comparison below….

Original photo

Enhanced

To Be Continued……..(need to go work on it)