Create A Collection Of Holiday Art Designs!
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| Poinsettia Designs - 2007 |
When the Holiday season rolls upon us in full force, my fellow artists and the curious, do you have a collection of drawings or photos to pull design ideas from for window decorating?
Create a sampler book using the traditional shapes and images from the holiday designs that are so dear to our hearts.
My standard design theme over the past few seasons has been poinsettias and candles. These evolve year after year into wonderful adaptations. I am an artist with styles that are cartoon-like to semi-realistic. I haven't been properly schooled in the art terms, but I paint what I paint.
There are moments I have scheduled my paint box for an appointment and I am not sure what it is I will be painting. Thankfully I have my standard design images. Created long ago when I started learning how to do these art projects I sat down and did dozens of pencil sketches. The window will inspire me to pull in and arrange these delightful images. When the design comes around and I am ready to sketch in the elements, there is usually a nice giggle involved with it. Sometimes there is an inside joke. Mostly they are a testimony of how beautiful this time of year is.
Christmas Art- Poinsettia In Fluorescent
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| Holiday Window Designs 2012 ~ Image: M Burgess |
My 2012 Christmas Poinsettias are shown here.
I chose fluorescent tempera paints to create a vivid image with the flower petals of this poinsettia. The brush strokes add the touches I needed to give it shape and form. With this design, there is no need to do anything more but outline it.
Fluorescent colors can add some very nice touches for highlighting and blending in images that are round in contour. Use them to outline, too.
Keeping in the tradition of the Holidays, try to stay as close to the basic colors as possible but be creative!
Happy Holidays!
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