Fresh off the easel – “Not Another Rose”

Zoomed in rose painting using the Zorn Palette on a primed wood panel .

Published by Art by Isabel

Artist, gardener, and creator. I'm an artist obsessed with gardening, DIYing, and with a passion for baking. View more posts

Mary says:

September 23, 2014 at 9:08 am

Beautiful roses Isabel – love the deep richness of the color.

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1. artbyisabel says:
  
  September 23, 2014 at 1:20 pm
  
  Thanks 🙂
  
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elenacaravela says:

September 26, 2014 at 2:59 pm

Very rich reds, not so easy to do. How do you like working on wood panel as opposed to canvas?

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1. artbyisabel says:
  
  September 26, 2014 at 4:13 pm
  
  I’ve only used wood panels a few times and every time I’ve used them I end up painting either a tree or flowers, no I idea why. I have a tendency to paint nature on them. When I paint on panel I am always pleased with the results. In my opinion, the paint goes on smoother, blends nicer and I am able to layer with much ease. I also feel that using a Mongoose brush works better, especially when adding detail, less streaks.
  I just went to home depot the other day and brought a nice size of cabinet plywood, the really nice one to cut to size and gesso to force me to use it more often. We’ll see if that works.
  
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