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| 'White Rose' C.T. Rasmuss, acrylic - 14"x 18" (2015). |
I hope you like what you see here!!!
I meant to post this a few months back when I actually finished this painting after 3 short sittings. I started it as a demo to a student of mine, during a 2 hour beginner class. After the class I put it away for about week or so, until I took another look. In order to establish artist process, you can see the original for yourself, which I've posted below...as finished in the class I taught:
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| "'White Rose' - 1st composition" C.T. Rasmuss, acrylic - 14"x 18" (2015). |
You'll notice, all I did was add more layers, detail and mostly plenty of texture to my favorite part of the finished painting: it's Blue vase!
This entire composition and floral was taken mostly from the top of my head, and partly from a few imitation silk florals that I pieced together for my student's lesson. Upon reviewing the original condition of the Still life, my girlfriend agreed and convinced me that it was worth finishing; two sittings later I ended up with what you see in the 1st photo.
I also took a snapshot of the 2nd sitting, but had since then lost it somewhere. Anyways, once I was convinced that I could do no more harm, the foreground & vase calmly found a place into my heart; so I framed it and a few weeks later was able to find it a new home in June.
Most importantly here, it wasn't the fact that I sold it to confirm the painting was absolutely finished, but it was purely artist's intuition I must say; and I stand by my work!! I hope this helps you with any of your still-life painting's in question, new or old.
