Sunday, 28 June 2015

New Thistles






Finally finished.. ( I think ;) ) this canvas has been on my easel for a couple of weeks.
Regular visitors will know how much I love thistles. I paint and collage them often.

 I have been photographing and drawing the young plants. They are late flowering this year  because of the cold spring but I loved the shape of the stocky plant spiky plants as they stood soldier like in rows. The fact they weren't flowering made their shape even stronger.


I painted the canvas roughly with acrylics before I added the paper layers. I don't always do this but in this case I wanted to get rid of the expanse of white and I also wanted to leave some of the painted areas.



I initially had some rocks in the foreground but I didn't like them so they were covered in paper.


Added paper layers and black gesso.


The thistles were given a blue and silver makeover.


New Thistles
Linking to paint party friday

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21 comments:

  1. Unknown28 June 2015 at 21:39

    Fabulous! I love to see the processes artists take with their work, so thank you for sharing yours Morag. I particularly like the mosaic effect you have achieved with this piece, very jewel like, a real feast for the eye!

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  2. Unknown29 June 2015 at 08:31

    Fantastic!Your work is beautiful and so unique.Loved reading about the process.

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  3. Jess29 June 2015 at 09:53

    Beautiful sparkles! I love the stained glass effect and the textures are perfect describing the thistles! I shall never look at thistles in the same way again. 😊👏👏👏

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  4. Linda Kittmer29 June 2015 at 13:01

    Stunning! The wonderful layers of paper add such depth.

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  5. kat29 June 2015 at 14:24

    Ah another beauty! This takes me to a beautiful Scottish Summer's day on the wild cliffs, it makes me dream!

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  6. Carol Rigby29 June 2015 at 17:57

    I love to see your pieces evolve. It always amazes me.

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  7. Terri Corona29 June 2015 at 19:36

    I can't believe how much this looks like a glass mosaic, it just glows! Really really beautiful, and I love the contrast of the sky.

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  8. Diana Taylor29 June 2015 at 19:48

    Stunning - what gorgeous colours - your work has such depth and I really like seeing the stages of development, it's fascinating.

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  9. PaintingWrite3 July 2015 at 08:32

    this is wonderful and that rugged clifftop coastline is so very familiar! it was good to see the steps it went through and the final piece just glows!

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  10. Laila3 July 2015 at 09:50

    So interesting to read the process and see what choices you've made to finish up your work. Loved it, and your final piece is stunning.

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  11. sirkkis3 July 2015 at 10:43

    Gorgeous painting. Love the shapes and rich colours♥

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  12. Gillena Cox3 July 2015 at 13:35

    nice development

    have a good PPF

    much love...

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  13. Arnoldo L. Romero, MLA3 July 2015 at 14:40

    Wow! I love all the interesting mosaic like textures that you used in your painting. Happy PPF! #48

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  14. Faye3 July 2015 at 15:05

    Morag, this is simply beautiful! I wouldn't want to meet those thistles in real life, though.

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  15. Giggles3 July 2015 at 21:18

    Flowering thistles are gorgeous...however naked ones not so much....unless you put them to canvas...then they are stunning in all their blue beauty...and love the stain glass looking cliff...you are so talented! I can tell how you interpret the thistle how much you revere it!! Well done! You make me love it too...in all it's prickly splendor!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  16. Studio Kaufmann3 July 2015 at 22:13

    Wow love this! Has a meditative abstract quality. Shades of Paul Klee and paintwork of Shiele. Great stuff. Happy PPF x

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  17. Clare Lloyd3 July 2015 at 22:18

    Gorgeous. Happy PPF

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  18. denthe3 July 2015 at 22:50

    such a beautiful colourful piece! Arnoldo is right, it almost looks like a mosaic...

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  19. Linda Kunsman3 July 2015 at 23:04

    such intricate and GORGEOUS art !! Thank you for generously sharing your process too.

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  20. mandysea4 July 2015 at 11:18

    oh gosh, the background is lovely in its abstract, and your thistles look amazing in the foreground!

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  21. JKW8 July 2015 at 16:19

    Lovely painting. . .turned out excellent. Thanks for showing the steps you took to arrive at the finished painting. Blessings, Janet PPF

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