Friday, May 3, 2013

Paint Party Fridays - Aerial View

 I did an aerial view of a flower arrangement I have at home and used a striped background. It's a greeting card (4 1/4"h x 5 1/2"w) done in acrylic.  The arrangement itself is outlined with a fine point marker.

I had trouble with the striped background, the first set of colours I used seemed to detract from the
flowers.  I ended up changing to very muted shades and then it worked.  Acrylic paint is very forgiving, you can just paint over your mistakes.  The hard part is finding out what works!

Linking to Paint Party Fridays.


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24 comments:

  1. Giggles03 May, 2013 01:42

    Very nicely done!! I love acrylics, they love being layered..lol Pretty flower!

    Hugs Giggles

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  2. Valerie-Jael03 May, 2013 02:46

    Lovely piece, the colours you have used blend very well! Valerie

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  3. Tracey FK03 May, 2013 03:26

    love the background as it grounds your flowers so perfectly... another great week...xx

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  4. Paper rainbow03 May, 2013 03:28

    What an unusual take! Dont think I have ever painted flowers from the air, This is lovely, looks like a fabric repeat design.

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  5. sharon03 May, 2013 04:16

    Love that background, really sets the flowers off.

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  6. www.dorissdaughter.com03 May, 2013 04:20

    Great perspective and works so well with the muted stripes!

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  7. Netty03 May, 2013 05:43

    smashing background and pretty flower. Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  8. Adam03 May, 2013 08:37

    very nice

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  9. Susan03 May, 2013 09:33

    A sweet spring bouquet! Happy PPF

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  10. PiaRom03 May, 2013 10:01

    Looks gorgeous with the stripes in the background...love it ♥ Conny
    http://piaromsartjournaling.blogspot.de

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  11. Anonymous03 May, 2013 10:10

    That flower arrangement looks very pretty. Good idea to view it from above.

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  12. Lynn Cohen03 May, 2013 11:28

    Pretty! Soft! Lovely!

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  13. DVArtist03 May, 2013 13:00

    Ended up with a very nice finish. Yes acrylics are forgiving.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  14. Melgie Campbell03 May, 2013 13:03

    lovely painting, Christine

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  15. Ivy03 May, 2013 17:57

    Beautiful floral painting, just love the colors you used. HPPF!

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  16. Viola03 May, 2013 18:16

    This is just beautiful! and the background stands to the lovely flowers! :)

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  17. Joy Murray03 May, 2013 18:53

    Nice! Love the view.

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  18. Anonymous03 May, 2013 21:03

    This is a very sweet piece, the stripes and looseness of the flowers set each other off perfectly.

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  19. denthe03 May, 2013 23:34

    I love that background Christine! It goes very well together with your flower.

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  20. Martha from ilove2paint03 May, 2013 23:53

    Cute! That's an original point of view! Happy PPF

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  21. mewangibooks04 May, 2013 01:14

    I love your each and every sketch Christine, there is such genius in simplicity.

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  22. Kay04 May, 2013 02:56

    This is such a cute idea and very creative, Christine.

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  23. Alicia C06 May, 2013 17:06

    What a great idea and i love how you troubleshoot! It's true with acrylics too

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  24. Anonymous08 June, 2019 07:32

    Güzel

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