I was commissioned to paint 8 proteas. Colours and type were specific for 3 of them the other 5 I had carter blanche with. The client had a strong connection with proteas through her mother and she wanted to honour her mother’s memory for herself and her 3 daughters through this commission. Proteas, acrylic on…
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A collage of proteas
Before I began painting I added a cadmium red coloured ground to the whole canvas. I wanted the red to come through the grey background as well as show through the scratchings from the palette knife around the protea centres and their outside petals and leaves. The red is also great for warm layers later…
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