Hey everyone! Today I just wanted to share some behind-the-scenes of my creating a pretty bright floral wood slice painting.
Ever since I could hold a pencil, I always drew flowers. Drawing flowers is my favorite thing to do and if you flipped through my old school notebooks, it was full of florals.
I remember one time I made my homework I turned in pretty by drawing flowers all over the white spaces. I thought the teacher would appreciate that, but I got in trouble for it. That was just the artist in me brewing from a young age. 🙂
Lately, I’ve been dying to just play around with paint and create some vibrant, bold, flower designs. Here’s a peak at what I came up with:
For this painted wood slice, I literally had no plan on where it was going to go. I took out my acrylic paints and just started putting paint on the wood slice.
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Supplies Used
I used a rustic basswood wood slice as my canvas, various different colors of Golden brand acrylic paint, and a Sharpie oil-based paint marker for the greenery details.
Painting The Flowers
As I mentioned above, I didn’t have much of an idea of what flowers I was going to create. I poured out some colors, grabbed a paintbrush, and just started making bold brush strokes on the wood slice.
I started by dipping my brush in the desired color and then dipping my brush into white to create some different tints.
This wood slice in particular was a slightly odd oval shape so it was a little tricky in making sure I was going to get enough florals in to cover the entire piece.
After I got all my floral details painted in, I used a Sharpie paint marker for the greenery. Using paint markers is great because they are easy to use and control.
Done!
I had a great time experimenting and just creating with this. Sometimes as an artist, you just need to let yourself create and not worry about anything else.
After finishing the piece, I wanted to try it on a greeting card, and this is what I came up with for a Mother’s Day card. The bright and colorful vibes of this piece just worked so well for this card.
To print my greeting cards and art prints, I use a Canon Pixma Pro 200 printer with Red River Paper (highly recommend!!).
Thanks for reading!
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