Deborah Velásquez: fuchsia

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Flowers, Paint and Type

Inspiration from a very old gardening issue of Martha Stewart Magazine. I kept it because I am such an allium fan. My problem is that I never plant the bulbs when I am suppose to in the fall and I end up buying plants when gardening season comes around.

Decided to paint my alliums with watercolors instead of gouache. I find myself turning to watercolors more and more lately....not sure why...I do find them to be fun, easy, not fussy and unexpected. I feel as if I am sketching in color.

I wanted to play with some script type because the word allium has fun letters for painting with a bit of rhythm in stroke.

I love the combination of type and art.

A variation on the allium watercolor with some line work added to give a different feel to the of the flower artwork. Not as soft but a bit more modern in feel.

More playful combinations of type and art.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

May Flower Challenge • Fabulous Fuchsia

Fuchsia and Fabulous • May Flower Challenge • Day Fifteen

Yes it is spelled correctly! People always misspell this color.

This morning I was greeted by this lovely, woody shrub with showy flowers called a Rhododendron as I pulled up the driveway. Today I managed to catch its peak.

The symbolism associated with the" Rhodie" are the words, beware and caution. There are over 1,000 species of rhododendrons. West Virginia and Washington share the Rhododendron as their state flower. Rhododendrons were originally found in Nepal and is the national flower of Nepal.

Fuchsia rhododendrons for day Fifteen of The May Flower Challenge . Each day you can post your flower creation, whether it is a doodle, drawing, photograph, collage or painting. This challenge has been started by Lori Moon, fellow blogger, talented photographer and jewelry artisan. . Play along on a specific day each week or only once - whatever inspires you. Join the challenge, here, it is going to be fun

Make sure to visit the other artists who are participating in the challenge at Lori Moon's website. I love challenges like this because it helps build reference material for your body of work, it adds to your sketchbook, portfolio, motif library if you are a Surface pattern designers and so on. Make it work for you.

I love this quote by Georgia O'Keeffe. This is the cover of my first gardening journal.
I cut this picture with this wonderful quote

from a sheet of stamps highlighting her famous poppy

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