Evening Wild Flowers

Thanks for the feature Johanna! It's a pleasure to be included with so many awesome artists and their work in the lovely BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS group! Feb 16, 2022

Another masterpiece, and again, Congrats for your so popular, wonderful WIN of the Tony Award, and am loving all the posts to the thread: AND THE WINNER IS. fav, smiles, VIVA

Zan, love your description below in the comments replying to Sandy McIntire about the "how" of this piece - fun stuff! Thanks for sharing, hop into the Buzzz Techniques thread sometime when you have a minute (yeah, right!) and share it there for our members! L/F

Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… ABSTRACT FLOWERS! F/L

Thank you so much Jenn Pointer for the delight of being featured in the amazing FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION group amongst so many awesome artists! July 5, 2021

Thank you for stopping by Sarka!

Beautiful piece. Gorgeous colours and texture!

What a lovely comment Georgia! Thank you :-)

Another gem!

Oh my goodness, that makes me so happy to hear Laurel! Thank you!

Your work is amazing, Zan...I am smitten with all of them...v...best to you

Thank you so much for your lovely words and support Julieanne!

Lovely work! Congrats on your feature in VISIONS OF SPRING - GLANCES OF SUMMER

Thank you Dora, for the delightful honor of being featured in the awesome VISIONS OF SPRING - GLANCES OF SUMMER group! April 2, 2021

Thank you Sonali! 🥰

Beautiful composition!L F

Thank you Janet for the delightful honor of being featured in the amazing FOR THE LOVE OF FLOWERS group! April 2, 2021

Congratulations, for the Homepage Feature, in the Art Group, "FOR THE LOVE OF FLOWERS" for Friday, April 2, 2021! You are welcome to submit your featured artwork in the Group's NEW discussion thread, "APRIL-JUNE 2021 ONLY! Thanks/Archive Features Flower PAINTINGS/PAINTERLY WORK ONLY!" Thank you for sharing your unique flower paintings and being a member of the group. like/fave Janet🌼

Thank you for your compliment Sandy and for your interest in the HOW! I'd love to share! I had gotten some lovely new silicone catalyst tools and a silicone food plating diagonal spatula that looked promising as well. I am fond of the palette knife for typical application strokes but also for scratching and removal, and these offered thicker more flexible edges. I had in mind layering acrylic paint with the goal of uncovering the top layers to reveal the colors underneath. I wanted to try sweeping scrapes with the wider edges of the various silicone tools. With this I painted the entire canvas with a varigation of light peaches first and let it dry. Next I layered a messy mix of rich reds and burgandy purples, but this time I had to time my revealing techniques to be complete before it dried. I did this by using the whole of the silicone catalyst wedge edge (theres a mouth full LOL) in a sweeping upward stroke to create glowing grassy textures. Then I spattered water from my fingertips over the canvas let the drops sit for a moment and then placed a paper towel over the area pressed and lifed to reveal light speckles to resemble stars or perhaps fireflys and the texture of the paper towel (another thing to play with :-) FUN! I love techniques that have a serendipitous quality - the technique itself can become the muse! After drying I also used my new tools to add more grasses and leaves along with my well worn brushes and traditional palette knives for the flower petals. I am willing to bet my new silicone tools will become a go to tool to play with for some time to come! So let me know if you have any more questions :-)

Thank you so much Roseanne!

Thank you so much Todd for the honor & delight of being featured in the amazing BRILLIANT COLORS group! March 31, 2021

Lovely Zan!!

Thank you so much Gina!

Beautiful!