A gorgeous bouquet of flowers for my next painting – can you name them?
Today I taught an oil pastel workshop and want to thank Rita (Blogger) from newyorknorthfineart (amazing pastel work) for her encouragement. It went really well. I had some cheap pastels and then tried the beautiful Sennelier thinking there was nothing in between. I discovered a beautiful cheap ‘fresh’ brand that worked really well. My old cheapies were just too dry and too old to blend. I am so eager to start my next painting but have to wait for underpainting to dry. Just out of the studio shot is a page of little Morandi images (no flowers) full of restraint – it is there to remind me to keep it simple.
I’m hopeless at naming flowers. The yellow are little orchids I think, there is a grevillia, a marigold, some really tight pink roses and something that looks like a berry etc. I asked for something earthy so I got the little branches. See, I told you I was hopeless with names of flowers.
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The yellow orchid is some type of oncidium; the large red flower is not a Grevillea but rather Banksia coccinea (waratah banksia); I think the red tubular flower may be Firespike, but that’s a bit of a guess.
Thanks Leonie, you have another talent.
I come from a family of gardeners which helps!
Fred, Joe, Sue, Bob and Sandy. (You asked…..)
Haha that’s so funny thanks for the laugh.
That’s so funny thanks for making me laugh. I did ask.
Hi Anne! So glad to see you are working in oil pastels! Yay!! I can’t wait to see what you do with them. I have been perusing through some of your posts here and am so impressed by your work!
Glad you found a set of pastels that seem to be working for you. There really are a lot of decently priced sets that work really well. I can’t help you with naming the flowers, but if you need any tips on the medium, I may be able to provide something! Have fun! Rita
PS. Thanks for mentioning me on your blog 🙂
Hi Rita, Nice of you to comment. I enjoyed the little things I made however I have to make some work towards a couple of exhibitions and have chosen acrylic paints. Certainly not in that place to exhibit with pastel work. My pastel works are pretty childlike or beginners stuff. I am fiddling with them each night and getting to know them a bit better. I love the scraping and layering and I also love using ink over the top.
Glad you enjoying them. Scraping and layering are a lot of fun. You can really come up with some interesting effects. Congratulations on the exhibitions! ~Rita
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