Summer Garden

My instructor had us do a flower garden.   It is fitting that in the dull grayness of winter something bright and cheerful is called for!

Actually, the exercise was on the various techniques of masking.  The fence was done with masking tape, which was then lifted and I filled in some shadow and painted vines to make it look a little more normal.

The bird house was done with maskoid which is then lifted with a rubber crepe and then painted.

The sky I played with various colors to see how the paint would move - wet on wet, wet on dry, wet on damp, etc.  Ha-Ha, so horrible but it is a learning experience after-all.