Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Mary and the Thistle




Mary and the thistle
The summer of colour challenged us this week to combine Lime green and purple.
This is Mary, she has had a little digital colour change, she started off as a Gelli plate page.


Can you spot her outline on the page?
Sometimes a little face peeps out just waiting to be found.
She looked like a 'Mary '
So Mary she is.
I used bronze and purple colours on my Gelli plate page.


I painted her outline in in Gesso.


Added her features, she has a wild hairstyle!




Added a little more colour and the bright spiky thistles.



And her is Mary in her true colours, still lots of lime green and purple, but with a splash of scarlet and burnt sienna thrown in.

Linking to The Summer of color
and Paint party Friday
Also just in time for Mary to join Junes Gelli plate party
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41 comments:

  1. Carolyn Dube26 June 2013 at 19:22

    I could see her in the print! I love it when the art talks back and guides what it wants to be! Thrilled you made it for the party!

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  2. Diana Taylor26 June 2013 at 19:59

    Beautiful work - I love both the colour ways, although I always lean towards red! It's great seeing how your work developed.

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  3. Beo26 June 2013 at 20:50

    Just wonderful!! And very expressive. I'm glad that you found this Mary in your page and helped her to come out!

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  4. Netty26 June 2013 at 22:23

    Loving your lady for SOC, Annette x

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  5. Anonymous26 June 2013 at 22:34

    Oh my gosh...this is so beautiful.

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  6. Monique26 June 2013 at 23:21

    Your Mary is stunning, I looove her hair and the thisles! Gorgeous page.
    xx

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  7. sharon27 June 2013 at 00:27

    Isnt it amazing when a figure or face appears out of nowhere. Love your Mary in both colours.

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  8. Terri Corona27 June 2013 at 01:04

    Ooh, I love her! I really like how you just found her on the page before you knew she was there. Gorgeous colors and texture and movement, and I like that celtic medallion looking thing.

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  9. Kristin27 June 2013 at 05:14

    xo

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  10. Erika27 June 2013 at 07:48

    I love your Mary, with her orange dress in this expressive painting. Her face is so delicate and does not seem out of this world :) Hugs - Erika

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  11. Valerie-Jael27 June 2013 at 09:25

    Love your peeping Mary, in both colour variations! Valerie

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  12. JansArtyJunk27 June 2013 at 11:45

    Wow...beautiful work...love what you did with the SOC colour combo :)

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  13. Lori Saul27 June 2013 at 16:36

    A stunning color combination and I love seeing her evolution. So inspiring!

    Lori

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  14. Anne Manda27 June 2013 at 19:26

    Love your painting, your brush work and colors! Beautiful! <3

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  15. Zana28 June 2013 at 08:27

    Oh I love your painting, Wonderful.

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  16. Shahrul Niza28 June 2013 at 08:43

    Mary is beautiful lady!!. I LOVE her mysterious, dwelling or garden :). The sacred knots is gorgeous!!. How wonderful to see you 'create' Mary from the beginning, so inspiring :).

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  17. Unknown28 June 2013 at 09:01

    She is gorgeous. I love it!!! Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing

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    1. stefanie stark28 June 2013 at 15:34

      This is a cool color transformation of the lady's dress and hair! It would be great if this would work for my dresses as well ... a little digital klick and voila .... I am prepared for everything ... your artwork is beautiful!

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  18. SwirlyGirl28 June 2013 at 10:13

    Very sweet, I did see her outline and the more closely I looked I could find another girl too!

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  19. Giggles28 June 2013 at 12:17

    I saw her on my side bar and just loved her...the orange sweater is fabulous!! I wish I could wear orange. I can't so I surround myself with it!! Beautiful work!

    Hugs Giggles

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  20. denthe28 June 2013 at 15:12

    Wonderful composition. I like that pensive look on her face.

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  21. Ivy28 June 2013 at 15:22

    She's beautiful, I just love this! HPPF!

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  22. Anonymous28 June 2013 at 15:23

    Love that wild and big hair and your use of the colors for the Summer of Color, works so well. Happy PPF xox

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  23. DVArtist28 June 2013 at 15:27

    This is beautiful. I love Mary she resembles you.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  24. Maria Medeiros28 June 2013 at 16:39

    Absolutely lovely! Love her! Love the red and her face. Also love the texture. Beautiful!

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  25. Linda Kunsman28 June 2013 at 16:43

    Yes, I could see how she came about. Beautiful painting of Mary. Love the Celtic bit and the Scottish thistle :) Happy PPF and SOC!

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  26. Susan28 June 2013 at 17:19

    Such nice rich texture and color. This is lovely!

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  27. Faye28 June 2013 at 18:07

    I love how you have shown us the steps you took to get this marvelous painting of Mary.

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  28. Debbie29 June 2013 at 00:01

    beautiful painting! I love that you started with a gel print.

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  29. Mary Paquet29 June 2013 at 02:24

    Thanks so much for commenting on my blog and helping me find yours. I am now following. I love your creative mixed media pieces. They look like such a delight to create.

    Bob and I spent some time last September in Edinburgh and Scotland and were so taken with the beauty of the area. Bob is Scottish descent and even owns a kilt in his clan colors (Anderson).

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  30. www.dorissdaughter.com29 June 2013 at 05:00

    Fabulous take on this weeks SoC. I love Mary and her garden, it reminds me of the nursery rhyme:) The background is awesome Thanks for sharing the process, its always interesting to see the painting 'come to life' HPPF

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  31. Jez29 June 2013 at 08:41

    Yes she's definitely a Mary, and even has the look of determination that made her insist on emerging from the page. I like the way the shadowing behind her and her red dress make her jump off the page, and highlight the lime green and purple. Another beautiful painting.

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  32. kat29 June 2013 at 13:54

    I love coming here! She's great, with such splashes of color and such a great hair style, thanks as always for sharing with us!

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  33. bellefrogworks30 June 2013 at 03:05

    She is wonderful and i loved seeing her appear in the print! Sort of like giving birth to her! HPPF

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  34. Elisa30 June 2013 at 07:16

    this is so creative! I agree that at time I see faces while I paint randomly. Love your process!

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  35. manomij30 June 2013 at 09:16

    I love it great work! Super talented nice meeting you :)
    ManonX

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  36. Ilona Heimböckel30 June 2013 at 09:56

    Mary is beautiful in her surroundings! Isn't it the magic of art, when you find something in the jumble of colours and forms? :-)
    She looks great both in green and in red!

    Happy PPF
    Ilona xx

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  37. PaintingWrite30 June 2013 at 11:33

    Mary's fab. I could really see her outline in the page-I love intuitive art like that. She looks good in the green-I like how you changed that digitally so you could paint her red in reality.

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  38. Natasha1 July 2013 at 03:06

    Loved seeing the process, great use of the colours as well this week. :)

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  39. Sharon Fritchman1 July 2013 at 03:21

    Your art work is absolutely amazing and oh so beautiful!!! I love how you used this week's colors, SO MUCH!

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  40. susanne16 July 2013 at 03:00

    beautiful! I especially love your thistle! warm wishes, Susanne

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