{"id":39,"date":"2015-01-28T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/summer-strawberries\/"},"modified":"2015-05-16T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T11:19:08","slug":"summer-strawberries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/summer-strawberries\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Strawberries!"},"content":{"rendered":"
At the weekend I had the urge to start a new project so decided to rummage through my many boxes of art blanks…canvas’s, wooden cutouts, terracotta…you name it I have a dozen of them lol, and I came across a medium terracotta saucer that I knew (from past experience) would be fun to paint a design on. \u00a0These are sold alongside terracotta pots at most garden centres.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The plan was to paint a simple beginners piece based on a design by Juanita Denton, a decorative artist from the USA. \u00a0Instead of keeping it simple though, I went off into my own little world and a few hours later was feeling very pleased with myself! \u00a0No beginners piece anymore….but a wonderful project for the more experienced painter.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I often find I play safe when choosing a background colour for a project and in more cases than not I go for a soft white or light buttermilk colour as I know it will not compete with my design colours and it will fit anywhere in my home….this time though I pushed myself to try another of the new Jo Sonja Autumn Hues Background collection and I am thrilled with the result, this one is called Grasshopper.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I used quite a few techniques on this piece….wet on wet blending, floating, dry-brushing, liner work, double-loading, and using colours to create warm and cold areas…..all working together to produce a design that works as a whole.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I will be teaching this during the Summer term as a one day workshop for experienced painters, date to be confirmed….shall we indulge in strawberries and cream too?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Happy painting…<\/span><\/div>\n
Dawn x\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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At the weekend I had the urge to start a new project so decided to rummage through my many boxes of art blanks…canvas’s, wooden cutouts, terracotta…you name it I have a dozen of them lol, and I came across a medium terracotta saucer that I knew (from past experience) would be fun to paint a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71bqO-D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2863,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/wowed-by-my-floral-beginners\/","url_meta":{"origin":39,"position":0},"title":"Wowed by my floral beginners","date":"29th January 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Thursday was the last class in my three week Floral Beginners Course. \u00a0In week one my ladies, learnt how to hold and load their brushes correctly and paint simple petal strokes onto card....I'm not sure if they were expecting homework but they got it.....as the saying goes....practice makes perfect\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Acrylics"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/finishedAll.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":87,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-204\/","url_meta":{"origin":39,"position":1},"title":"What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday, 204?","date":"1st May 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyoneI haven't had a chance to sit in my studio and 'play' this week so thought I would share my 'Decorated Driftwood' class that I held yesterday. 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