I have been working feverishly to get the flowers completed so we can start to distribute them to friends and family. They are all pretty much cut out and now I am sanding and priming the them. I have 11 of them ready to go. Since it takes time for the primer to dry I can only do some many of the flowers at a time. So this evening I decided to sit down and start designing my flower.
I started off with a standard type flower and working my way over to a more exotic design. In this process, I realized how much I still enjoy grabbing a pencil and paper and doodling. I used to be a pretty good artist when it came to pencil and charcoal. However, I am so out of practice now that I can barely draw a stick figure. Regardless, it is still really enjoyable to just to sit down and lose yourself in a blank peice of paper. Before I knew it, I had been sitting there for over a hour and it was time to go to bed.
My biggest obstacle to this whole process is that that I really suck at painting. My sister and twin brother have skills with a paint brush so I am sure their flowers will look great. I just never liked the flexiblity of the brush. The pencil makes a mark exactly where I put it. So I think I might have to bust out my airbrush, something I also haven't used in a long time either. It should provide me a lot more control, I hope. It will also give me the look I am going for if I go with the flame design. No matter how the flower turns out, it should be fun.
I have been working feverishly to get the flowers completed so we can start to distribute them to friends and family. They are all pretty much cut out and now I am sanding and priming the them. I have 11 of them ready to go. Since it takes time for the primer to dry I can only do some many of the flowers at a time. So this evening I decided to sit down and start designing my flower.
I started off with a standard type flower and working my way over to a more exotic design. In this process, I realized how much I still enjoy grabbing a pencil and paper and doodling. I used to be a pretty good artist when it came to pencil and charcoal. However, I am so out of practice now that I can barely draw a stick figure. Regardless, it is still really enjoyable to just to sit down and lose yourself in a blank peice of paper. Before I knew it, I had been sitting there for over a hour and it was time to go to bed.
My biggest obstacle to this whole process is that that I really suck at painting. My sister and twin brother have skills with a paint brush so I am sure their flowers will look great. I just never liked the flexiblity of the brush. The pencil makes a mark exactly where I put it. So I think I might have to bust out my airbrush, something I also haven't used in a long time either. It should provide me a lot more control, I hope. It will also give me the look I am going for if I go with the flame design. No matter how the flower turns out, it should be fun.
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