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by Conni Schaftenaar
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Elderberry Blossom in Ink/Gouache Resist and Watercolor, by Conni Schaftenaar
This is a painting I had started a couple of years ago and never... more
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Elderberry Blossom in Ink/Gouache Resist and Watercolor, by Conni Schaftenaar
This is a painting I had started a couple of years ago and never finished until last week. It is done with painting layers of white gouache where you want to protect areas of paper - you can do single layers where you want some shadowing, and multiple layers where you want to protect white or almost white areas. You then coat the whole paper with black India ink and let it dry.
After the ink is dried, you wash off the gouache and are left with a black and white image of whatever you set out to paint. You can leave it at that, or you can then use watercolor or other liquid media to add color.
In this one, I used watercolor and I used a Micron pen to pick out the tiny little flowers that make up the larger elderberry blossom umbrella-shaped cluster.
Featured in:
Mix Your Media, July 2021
Non Photography, July 2021
Midwest America Artists, July 2021
For the Love of Flowe...
Thank you for visiting my FAA/Pixels gallery! Please note that the FAA watermark you'll see on images does NOT print on anything. My name is Conni Schaftenaar. I have had a life-long love of colorful art but always imagined that I wasn't talented enough to be someone who actually produced art that others liked. I began to learn some techniques from a watercolor instructor back in 2013, and I've been continuing the learning process ever since. I have had much joy in the comments and communications on FAA with other artists about my art, finding out that OTHER PEOPLE actually like my art! It's been a huge confidence booster to me to get that positive feedback, and I really appreciate it. I primarily paint in watercolor on various...
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Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks to the group For the Love of Flowers for the feature on 7/30/2021!
Conni Schaftenaar
Thank you so much, Lois - it's the first time I tried the ink/gouache resist and it turned out better than I thought it would! Fun stuff!
Lois Churchward
You have used the ink to a great advantage in this painting. It looks great.
Conni Schaftenaar
Love your fantabulous comments, Georgia, always lovely, always makes me smile!
Georgia Mizuleva
Uberfabulous.
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks to the group Midwest America Artists for the feature on 7/13/2021!
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks to the group Non Photography for the feature on 7/10/2021!
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks so much, Marsha, Hiroko, and VIVA! Truly appreciate your support!
VIVA Anderson
I love this, Conni. You're so good at this technique!!, Compliments, fav, VIVA
Hiroko Stumpf
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing, Conni.
Marsha Reeves
What an interesting technique--love the results! l/f
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks, Laurel, appreciate it so much! We are having fun with ink resist!
Laurel Adams
OH, YES!!…Conni, this is MAGNIFICENT!…I LOVE, love, Love it…I must go in search of the original painting as well…this version is STUNNING!
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Conni!!! Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Mix Your Media"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Conni Schaftenaar replied:
Thanks, Taphath!