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Sakura trees – part 5 – corrections and details

Last part is to correct meadow – add more flowers and shadow them, paint family on the bridge, add details in some places.

I also added some glossy reflections on river using pearl white. I also wanted to paint something on the sky because I thought it looks empty there. So I first thought about balloon under heads of family. I even started to paint it but client didn’t like it so I had to paint over it. It wasn’t easy because I still saw horizontal brush marks so I painted additional cloud in this place. The effect you can see below:

I varnished my painting and I think my work was done so next step is to drive it into destiny’s place and install it on frame in client’s house. We need to cut off edges and pin on it on prepared frame. This is how it looks at the end:

My advise: if you want to have painting at house which will be covered during using television like in this case – don’t install empty frame. It would be much easier. But we of course handle it. Client was satisfied and happy, so do I.

I hope you enjoy it.

July 6, 2020June 11, 2020 by monikashemel Categories: Art lifeTags: comission work, sakura trees

Sakura trees – part 4 – painting grass and river

Next step – painting grass and meadow on first plan. At the beginning I painted green background and later worked on details on grass.

I started from left side of painting. Small grass from faraway was painted by using fan brush but all visible blade of grass was painted manually and separately using normal very thin brush. It took very long period of time. Also I painted edge of river.

Next I tried to detailed meadow at the front of painting. Here glade of grass need to be larger. I also added some flowers. But it isn’t finished work with meadow. Some of planned flowers will be protruded by the river so I painted river before I finish meadow.

Above you can see painted river. I wanted it was very light. On river ducks are swimming. I also made some color on bridge.

To be continued…

June 29, 2020June 11, 2020 by monikashemel Categories: Art lifeTags: comission work, landscape, sakura trees

Sakura trees – part 3 – trees

Next part was to paint all cherry blossom trees. At the beginning I painted brown trunks and branches and later white-pink blossoms.

I used brushes to paint blossom but I noticed that effect isn’t satisfied for me, so I found in the Internet smart way to paint it quick and beautifully – I used few cotton buds tight together in spite of brushes. The effect was much better.

I think blossoms look stunning. I just needed to shadow trunks and branches.

To be continued…

June 22, 2020June 11, 2020 by monikashemel Categories: Art lifeTags: comission work, sakura trees

Sakura trees – part 2 – painting sky with clouds

After client’s approval I ordered canvas and paints and prepared place to paint. I couldn’t find prepared canvas in size exactly the same as they wanted so I bought little bigger and marked by masking tape necessary size. I could do that because I knew when I end this painting we will relocate it into new frame already installed in client’s home.

This is how it looked. Area between masking tape will be painted.

Next I started painting. I always start from top to bottom, so at first I decided to paint sky with cloud. At the beginning I painted blue sky and left unpainted places for clouds. When sky dried (and it dried fast because it is acrylic), I painted clouds. Effect you can see below: