Take Flight Purple Pansies by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Take Flight Purple Pansies

by Nancy Medina

12X12

Palette Knife/Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

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My winter garden is a bit meager, but a few pansies are determined to make their appearance and have survived two small snowfalls. I love their whimsical, ruffley edges. I began this painting with a completely transparent underpainting in yellows and greens, and then built my clay pot with Transparent Oxide Red. I used my dry paper towel to lift out highlight areas, and then shaped the pansies with brush and palette knife. The last step was laying in the bright opaque greens and the blue sky peeping through to give the flowers light and air. After a day with overcast gray skies, it felt like time for some bright color!

Pansies with the models on the back porch

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