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Monday, June 14, 2010

Lily-of-the-Valley Commission~watercolor on gesso


I've finally completed this commission and will send it on to it's new home soon. I spent most of my time battling the effects of humidity. I've found nothing behaves normally when the dewpoint is way up. The gesso fought me because it refused to get to the 'sticky' stage where all the neat textures appear and my paper buckled repeatedly. Nothing that couldn't be dealt with, tho. My customer is happy and that's what counts.

2 comments:

maggie said...

Beautiful...love the colours...would look perfect with my decor...hmmmmmmmmm.

Billie Crain said...

Let me know if you want a lily of the valley painting, Maggie. I need to buy another bottle of gesso but that's no biggie.