finished tulip painting

very nice Sandra, best of luck in august

Agree with Yorkshire! Best of luck. :o)

thankyou yorkshire and linda for your good luck wishes :o))

That's beautiful, Sandra...
please let us know how things go at the exhibition ...x

Oh wow! Well done! :))))

Its lovely San-- will you take some photo's at the exhibition so we can see please.....

It's very atmospheric San.....nice colour of background, makes it look sort of etherial....dreamy! :)

p.s. started a painting yesterday....I really prefer my oils..not happy with the quick drying acrilics....gone back to the oils! :)

A beautiful painting Sandra, well done. Good luck in the exhibition, a sale would be fantastic and well deserved :o))

thankyou Terra and will let you know what happens, im happy if i get nice comments, infact im hoping secretly it doesnt sell as i want it here in my lounge lol :o)) x
thanx michaella ;o) x
cheers Pam and yes if im aloud to take pics i will ;o)) x
thankyou karen glad you like it and also glad the brushes are out again, acrylics are fast drying and you need to have a spray bottle at hand and constantly spray the pallet or you can get retardant to slow the drying process down, good luck with the new painting, cant wait to see :o)) xx
thankyou so much lily im very pleased with it and have to say it was a hard one to do being on a much larger scale, took alot of work and paint ;o)) xx

That's brilliant Sandra and good luck at the exhibition. How many hours did it take you to do ? love the colour of Tulips ......x

yes, I read your comment about the spray bottle elsewhere and thought.....nah....but maybe I'll have another try later!

thanx Les this one took about 40hours of work in all i think, it was a big project for someone like myself who hasnt been doing it long, but i love a challenge :o) x
karen it does help, but your right you have to blend quicker with acrylics, i tend to have two brushes in my hands at once lol especially when blending two colours or more :o)

Oh I do love that,Sanbaz..you have done a great job..I love the way they bend..and the shading on the petals..good luck at the Exhibition..I am going away on the 2ndAugust.so hope too see how you did,when I come back..:o)

Well done you, enjoy your moment, I am sure its the first of many, Good luck.

Its really lovely Sandra, I would happily hang it on my wall. Good luck with the exhibition, do let us know how you get on. :o)

This is lovely San ... you'd never know how recently you took up painting ... I wish you success in the exhibition ... : o )))

Agree with Shirley.....there's something about those tulips...and I can't find the words for it...but there's something powerful about them. It's like they are having a conversation somehow....wish I could express it, but they just have a 'power' about them. :)) There's real 'life' in them San! You've put life in to them and somehow they are more than just flowers...that's the best I can do....:)) You're finding your soul in this painting thing San! Great!

Your painting is a credit to you San, especially when you haven't been feeling up to par lately! I know what Karen is talking about, it has a, well, a presence about it, I think the background moody colours, work wonderfully well with the red! It's quite dynamic, you can imagine those tulips swaying gently in the breeze! :0)
I have my doubts that your lovely painting will be coming back home with you!

San do you use a 'stay wet pallette', you can buy a kit but a large plastic tupperware box line with a sheet of damp kitchenpaper and a sheet of stay wet pallette paper ( the works is ok) it has a shiny side as long as you keep replacing the lid the paint will stay wet for days

Hope it does well its lovely and you caught the light lovely on the tulip and leaves.

Well done, San, looks lovely, good luck from me too.

This is really impressive! Very much good enough to sell. Cant believe you've only been painting a few months San, you really have talent!!

wow what confidence you are getting with your paintings....well done Sandra..:-)

You have found your niche, San...your paintings are varied in theme and each one shows your skill so well. This one of the tulips is a beauty...as others have said, I don't think you'll be taking it home with you. Someone is going to snap this up and display it in pride of place in their home.

Hope you enjoy the exhibition and get lots of positive feedback to encourage you.

Sanbaz, how lovely! I love the misty circles, which give the effect of a curtain of rain behind which the tulips dance and sing like star performers in a cabaret - hence the dark backdrop of the stage. Well done and hope the exhibition goes well - how exciting!

wow such lovely comments aoff you all, sorry i cant thankyou indiviually, but you all know me and know how gratefull i am for the lovely things you have said, im amazed myself on what i have achieved since december, cant believe it myself when i look at this, i will let you all know the outcome on this blog about the exibition.
by the way pam i do have staywet pallet, its great and dont have wasted paint now, also made myself a small one if im just doing small painting downstairs.
my neighbour came round to see it finished and loved it to,
thanx again my GOYer friends :o)) xx

looks great sandra.... how lovely to have it on display....

thankyou so much holly :o)

fingers crossed for the exhibition San xxx

cheers Pam :o) xxx

Sandra it looks absolutely lovely well done you.

hi carol and thanx im glad you think so, hope your ok and the kitties to ;o) x

Congratulations on having it in an exhibition. Will you be framing it

Well done San this painting is so beautiful good luck with your exhibition

Beautifull colours. Would love for my bedroom. It would always remind me of the garden in spring. bredakelly

thanx hywel not framing it as its a box canvas, only frame them when on paper or canvas boards hywel :o))
thankyou scotkat :o))
thankyou Bredakelly shame your not closer then you could come and buy it lol ;o))

Did you really only start paining in December? Nobody would believe it - that picture is so beautiful and very atmospheric. I hope it finishes up in a lovely big room that will do it justice. All the best for the exhibition.

steragram i havent painted before december, i always loved looking at art and always fancied having a go, i cant draw very well but painting is so different.glad you like this painting and thanx for you best wishes :o)

All I can say is WOW Terrific.

Wow what a gorgous painting,good luck to you :)

Lovely painting Sanbaz....good luck at the exhibition :)

thankyou so much stroller :o))
thankyou Whdebor and scottish :o))

Fingers crossed you sell it Sanbaz.

Beautiful San, good luck, maybe put the canvas in the garden and take a photo that might make a difference!

Thats great, and exsiting to exsibit it as well!

Great panting San, good luck!

Great painting San, very lifelike and lovely colour.

cheers scotkat ;o)
thanx grandmage i took it to studio today all wrapped and ready to go, felt a little sad but if it doesnt sell it will be on my wall ;o))
thanx Teds ;o))
cheers Drbob glad you like it to ;o))

Oh san thats gorgeous, love the colour of those tulips, youv'e captured them beautifully...You Clever Lass :)

That's a lovely painting, Sandra! You've done very well! :-))

thanx for that Dee, its my fav up to now ;o))
cheers Balcony glad you like it ;o)