I finished my Botanical Illustration class. For details on the class, check here.
This is my final piece. I am totally amazed at what I did in this class. I didn’t think I could really draw much of a flower, let alone, have it look realistic. But I did.
I am so glad I challenged myself creatively and went out on a limb to see what I’m capable of doing.
The past several months, I have done landscapes, pastel sunsets and flowers. It has been an interesting journey. I want to continue to explore painting like this.
But for now, I’m going to go back to abstract art. That where I am comfortable. I have so much more to learn in that area. I’m excited to see what happens now that I’ve taken a side trip from abstract.
Hi Kerry, I just noticed that for some reason your blog has been turned off from following. So frustrating, this happened on a number of blogs I follow when I was away on vacation. I re-followed today and hopefully can catch up soon. Your hibiscus is fantastic – love the background as well. The flower petal colors are gorgeous – it’s one of my favorite of your paintings.
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Thanks, Mary. I’m glad you’re reconnected to my blog. Thanks for your comments.
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Hi Kerry…wow! Simply beautiful!! I am so happy that you are creating such wonderful art again…I read some of your story and I pray for your continued health and vibrancy! Blessitude…Lorrie
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Thank you Lorie for your comment. I’m so glad you like my art. Thank you for your prayers. That means a lot to me.
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You are very welcome 🙂
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One of my favorites! So vibrant Kerry!
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Thanks, Sharon.
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This is really lovely, Kerry, congratulations!
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Thank you so much. It was so fun doing this.
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You know what you should be proud this is simply stunning, really stunning x
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Oh, thank you so much! I am very pleased with it. It’s from a photo I took in Maui.
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its stunning, so you take the photo and make a painting out of it, or you draw the photo from scratch using a digital tool? You have to excuse my ignorance this is new to me hehe x
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It’s a little bit of both. At this point, I rely heavily on a reference photo to draw from. But I’m working towards just being able to draw whatever I want in my art. But I’ve never looked that closely at flowers, so I needed a photo to give me an idea of what was going on with the dark and light areas.
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That’s great it was just inspiration then that’s amazing your very gifted x
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Apparently more than I thought. I never dreamed I could paint like I did with the hibiscus. On a lark, I signed up for a botanical illustration class. This is what came out of it.
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its amazing hehe, i didn’t realize this was all online the classes so this is more amazing, I took the link and might sign up if i ever got time xx
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The classes at DAA are very good. There is an introductory class on Painter that really helped me.
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great, I am going to make some time 🙂
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Thanks again. That is so encouraging.
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🙂
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Wow! That is absolutely gorgeous!
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Thank you so much. I am so glad you enjoyed it, Trisha.
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