liralen: Finch Painting (painting)
Liralen Li ([personal profile] liralen) wrote2009-05-17 03:03 pm
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Improvements... WIP: Impatiens and House Finches

... this is kinda for [livejournal.com profile] annieroo2, as I need a little feedback to see if this is the right direction for her commission for me.



Thought I'd put in all the beginning/intermediate steps, so folks can see how much I fail at the beginning of each of these. *laughs*

So... [livejournal.com profile] annieroo2 wanted impatiens and house finches, the little red and gray birds, on a plate. First the study of the leaves, the flowers, how they go together (or DON'T go together in these studies as I did them) and then an attempt at putting them together 'right'. *laughs*

First the studies.

Leaf studyimpatiens 1impatiens 2

By the last impatiens study, I think I was getting the hang of the five-petal structure with the two-lobe petals, the leaf placement was still a little iffy... as the baskets of them just seem to have the leaves sticking out everywhere... but they have to be connected. Then I did the birds, with one really, too detailed one, and lots of simpler ones, as if they were going to fit on a 9" plate, I should do it so they'll fit with the flowers.

finches study

And finally, when I got the bird in the upper right, I was like... oh, I like that... so... here's what I ended up with, the flowers and birds are still too far apart from each other, so I'd normally do another painting, but in this case, these are the models for the plate. Are they recognizable? *grins*

composition

And I'm starting to work on mountains as well.

cropped attempt at landscapepostcard mountains

[identity profile] liralen.livejournal.com 2009-05-20 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
*giggles* Well, it's kind of like all the other compositions I do... birdies and flowers! Hee. It's rather like my sparrow plate, as I liked the flow of that, too.

Yay! Sure, you can have the practice piece that I show above? It'll fit in the same box, but it might get folded a little unless I stick it into a tube or something.

I'll invoice you for half, then? Half on okay of the concept and half +postage when you get the pieces. Makes sense?

*hugs happily back* This is a lot of fun!

[identity profile] annieroo2.livejournal.com 2009-05-20 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
I sent you an email from my home address for you to invoice.

Thanks!!!!

*running glomp*