Burning Bush, oil, Day 1

Day One

 

I begin with an acrylic yellow underpainting to which I'm adding oil.

This is the process in which I will lay in my midtones and light-midtones first,
darks next and lights third.

Let's see what happens.

 

 

 There is no flash on my camera. The paint is mixed with my own medium
and very wet as I maneuver it  across the canvas.

From my garden is the source, a photo taken by me.

Backlighting adds a glow that is appealing. My approach is the same as

if I were painting a watercolor.

 

The first stage of this painting took me two hours.

 

I do not know the name of this Dutch plant.

See my Two Tumbleweeds

blog for photos of it this spring.