09 October 2007

Red wine and lace

This painting is speeding along, I should have it finished today! I'm having a nice Jejune Day - no packing, only a touch of looking for houses, and plenty of knitting and painting! Good for my sanity.

Here are some progress shots. The curly lace took hours to draw, and then paint - no masking fluid tricks here, just paint and a very fine paintbrush!

To paint the mesh section of the lace tablecloth, I paint the white lace pattern in masking fluid (partly highlighted in red here for you to see)... when the latex is dry, I paint over the whole area with the 'table' colour (ie what you see under the tablecloth), and wait for it to dry.


A soft eraser removes the masking fluid, revealing lovely white lace patterns...


This is where I'm up to as of about an hour ago. I'm really pleased with the wine glass - my first attempt at painting glass. Now, on to some detail touch ups, and the knitting - let's hope I don't stuff it up at this stage!

11 comments:

  1. This one looks great! I love the wine you have in the glass there - I think I'm going to be buying a set of these cards, I love it to bits!

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  2. You are so freakin clever! It looks gawwwjus :)

    Glad you're having a good day - sounds like you need it

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  3. So pretty! you diva you :)
    so glad you took some time for yourself.. i worry about you overdoing it. dont forget standing offer for a place to hide from family for a few hours...
    hugs

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  4. WOW. Jejeune, that's just beautiful.

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  5. oh is that how you do it? Wow. You have been so productive today. Good work!

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  6. Thank You. I really enjoy watching your work unfold. It really gives those of us on the other side of art a sense of the effort that goes into creating one of your paintings.

    And if it's at all therapeutic for you...so much the better.

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  7. The lace, the glass and the wine looks fabulous! So clever!

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  8. Omigawd that's beautiful! The glass is a work of genius. And the lace - bet you just got yourself lost in right-brain bliss while painting the lace. Sooo awesome! I am eager to see what color the knitting will be.

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  9. that is fantastic! almost like photo-realism, the way the lace is and you can see it through the wine, such attention to detail, when these are cards i want a whole set!

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  10. The wine glass is wonderful!
    I am glad to hear that the Jejune days are continuing. :)

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