Sometimes, I think that my parents forgot my actual birthdate and told me the wrong one because Leos are said to be arrogant whereas I am not. I don't like critiques, but I am the biggest critique of myself.
I was very excited when I heard about #creative-sunday. I had multiple ideas going through my mind. I wanted to try my hand at decoupage but then I settled for creating a painting. I had put so much thought into it but when I actually painted, it turned out... crappy. Well... I am not an artist, just an art-admirer.
Creativity takes courage. Henri Matisse
I was feeling useless when my eyes fell on another painting which I created just couple of days ago. You must have seen it if you have read my introduction. It needed some final touches, but I almost forgot about it.
Therefore, I decided to complete it and chose it for today's challenge. Luckily, I took pictures of the process because at the back of my mind, I had this thought running to share it here with you guys when it's done.
It was also not a perfect art but something that I liked. So come on, let me show you how I made it.
Materials Used
- Canvas
- H-pencil for the sketch
- Water colors
- Acrylics
Process
I am not at a level where I can draw complex things out of my own imagination. However, I can replicate something reasonably. For this art, the reference picture was taken from Pinterest.
There were intricate details which needed to be neatly drawn on the canvas first. I used an H-pencil for drawing for it has a light shade and hard lead.
I have different types of pencils with varied graphite content which are used for light sketching and for darker blend able shading. It's another topic which I can write about in future if you are interested.
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Anyways, after the sketching, it was time to play with colors. Although, textured paintings are recommended for canvas which use Acrylics. Whereas I opted for watercolors. Watercolors can be the easiest paints if one gets the hang of how to make most out them.
I love how they blend, spread and do their magic with less effort by the artist. I first painted the support of the hanging lamp. Mainly used gray as base color and peach for highlights.
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It's very important to focus on details like effects of light on the subject to add a realistic element. I am still learning the techniques. You can see how I tried adding different shades.
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I was most excited about the fire; the very reason I chose this painting. I used bright yellow for the brightest parts; used orange to add shade; black to give burnt smokey effect.
For the rest of the lamp, I blended gray, peach and mustard to bring out rustic effect.
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Once the lamp was done, I picked some cobalt blue acrylic paint and roughly stroked it around the lamp. Tried to be careful near the lamp edges and then applied outward strokes with a freehand.
It's done. Now I am figuring out where to display it. Still lying on my desk.
Constructive feedback is appreciated.