We have a lovely Magnolia tree in our front yard that is so inspiring and gorgeous when it blooms. I find it hard to walk by without stopping to take at least a few photos of it. When it bloomed again this past Spring I had to finally paint it!
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| Small 6" x 12" Magnolia "Gentle Beauty" (available) |
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| Close up of "Gentle Beauty" |
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Using one of my photos as reference, I first painted only the small 6" x 12" version.
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| Small Magnolia in process | | | |
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I ended up loving it so much that I had to paint a larger version. I
already had a 15 x 30 gallery-wrapped canvas (the perfect size for
this!) prepped and ready to go! I wanted to make it similar, yet
different enough and I had fun stretching myself to achieve this.
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| Large Magnolia painting 15" x 30" (sold) | | |
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| Close up of large Magnolia |
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| Close up of some of the great texture on large version |
I added plenty of texture on the larger one because... well... I'm a texture junkie!
I love how both pieces turned out and can't pick a favorite between the two. Not a bad problem to have, right?
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| Large Magnolia in progress. Notice my photo at the top of the easel that I used for reference |
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I can't wait until the tree blooms again. I'm sure there will be plenty more picture taking and more Magnolia paintings too. What a blessing to have this inspiration right in front of our house... which means I can also see it from our kitchen window. Can you blame me for being a bit bloom crazy?
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| Our Magnolia tree back in March |
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