Here’s where I left off on the pitcher of peonies:
… when it was originally this:
Let’s see if I can’t make peony petals look like they aren’t made of bologna.
Weekly Paint Progress: 6/4/2026
Putting the TMI in absentminded
Putting the TMI in absentminded
Here’s where I left off on the pitcher of peonies:
… when it was originally this:
Let’s see if I can’t make peony petals look like they aren’t made of bologna.
6 responses to “Weekly Paint Progress: 6/4/2026”
Good luck! I’m fairly sure I couldn’t. The rest of the painting is amazing!
KC – I’m debating if I want to do a wash of brown on top of the white walls.
Hm, interesting! Maybe? It’d increase the wall vs. flower contrast, but I kind of like the color coordination going on at the moment, so I don’t know how it’d shake out in total. I think it’d be fine either way, and in the photo I think it’s a color cast over the entire picture to some degree?
Maybe petals first and then assessment of the balance? Or would you need to do the brown wash before messing with the flowers?
(ALSO we have some oil paint for a house project and we of course will also need something to clean the brushes with and potentially thin the paint with. I have now learned from online shopping that there are Mineral Spirits and there is also a product called Odorless Mineral Spirits for $2 more per quart. Is it a good thing, or are mineral spirits functionally inferior if they make them odorless, or can they still kill you with fumes just silently if odorless, or…???) (questions I never thought I would have…)
Kc – I think I’ll do the pitcher, then maybe part of the wallpaper next week.
And per Amazon what I buy is Weber Odorless Turpenoid, Artist Paint Thinner and Cleaner, 946ml (32 Fl. Oz.) Bottle. So Tupernoid, the geek of paint thinners.
… but the pitcher is currently perfect, that is terrifying!!! Well. All paintings have to take some risk.
Thank you for the info! (I guess there are geeks for everything? Maybe?)
KC – well, it will just be a little glaze. I can easily wipe it off because glazes are extra oily.