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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Glass Roses - a Mixed Media Painting

I started enhancing some of the shapes with colored pensils, thinking of glass, exploding glass, or broken glass shards.  I used to do stained glass windows years ago, maybe that is why I was thinking of this.  Then, while on break, walking by it while it was on the easle, at a distance ... shapes seemed to emerge ... like roses or rose petals.  So, I went with that thought and hinted at roses and leaves here.  But it still looks like glass to me, so it is named "Glass Roses".

4 comments:

LIZ said...

I love this! It is just gorgeous. What a cool technique! Your title is perfect.

Carolyn Jean Thompson said...

Thanks Liz!

Euphoria said...

I know exactly what you mean! Sometimes shapes just emerge and I love to have fun with colours and water and after that draw all the shapes I find.
I personally like your new creations and I love this title too!

ti-igra said...

Carolyn! I wanted to answer the previous post, but there are roses blooming! It is such a great job! I love this painting with your interesting technique! These subtle forms of colored glass! It is incredibly delicate and sensitive work!
:-)
It really is Summer in your wonderful world of flowers and your dreams and fantasies! :-)