Sunday 19 May 2013

Painting on wood

I bought a few wooden decorations this week. They have natural colours and I wanted to paint on them and maybe abandon them. One of them went into my daughter's possession :-)

They are works in progress and here are some process photos of them:

I started this heart with doodling with my Indian ink pen.


Here is the other side:


After doodling I covered all of it with a layer of satin silver acrylic.


And finally I started colouring it with water colour.


The second piece is a butterfly, which I painted with acrylic first and then started painting the face of a young woman. 


Below a detail-shot of the face.


The last three pictures are showing slight changes in shading and colouring of the skin.





The other side of the butterfly shows a rabbit painted only with Payne's grey. The surrounding is painted green and the other half will end up half a butterfly again.


This was it for this week. Thank you for good wishes for the exam! It was an ok day. 
Hope you enjoyed the week-end!

Sharing on PPF!





20 comments:

  1. You can leave one in Leeds if you like ;)
    ManonX

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  2. Want the heart!! Love love love these!! Unique and beautiful with your art on them!! You could sell these!! Gorgeous!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  3. They are all quite stunning... I thought each was my favourite until I saw the next one... all fabulous and I can see why your daughter nabbed one... i would as well given half a chance...xx

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  4. Hi Ilona. Hope all is well. Love your work on wood. Wood is a lot of fun to work on. I'm doing wood right now too. Ilona I got your message about visiting my blog and you are welcome any time. I sometimes shut it down in the evening and open back up in the morning. Lots of spammers, etc. Please stop by anytime. I enjoy seeing your work and love your comments when you do stop by. Take care.

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  5. Oh MY ...this is so cool ...very nicely done and thanks for sharing your art works

    -KAT-

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  6. beautiful works! Each has its own interest and creativity. Lovely for display!

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  7. Painting on wood is a challenge in itself. You have done a magnificent job!
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  8. Your painting on wood is gorgeous, Ilona. And congratulations on being selected as artist of the week for PPF.

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  9. Liebe Ilona, Deine Holzkunst ist so zauberhaft! So ganz zart gemalt und einfach wunderschön. Die Herzen sind ein Traum, doch das zarte Gesicht auf dem Schmetterling hat es mir besonders angetan :) Ja, ja, meine Liebe zu Portraits kommt da wieder durch, ist aber auch eine ganz Zarte.
    Ich hoffe, dass es bei Dir nicht regnet. Laut 100jährigem Kalender ist dieses Jahr ein Mondjahr, und da soll es eher das ganze Jahr so sein. Ich würde mich über Sonne jedenfalls sehr freuen!
    Liebe Grüße zu Dir und ein schönes Wochenende wünscht Dir
    Erika

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  10. Beautiful work. Conngrats on featuring on PPF. Also thanks for your kind words left on my blog couple of weeks ago. I am lot better now.

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  11. Congrats on being featured on PPF. You produce some ingenious tactile artwork. Lovely.

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  12. love your wood paintings! congrats on being featured on PPF!

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  13. Adorable the heart and then this butterfly...what a great idea and challenge of course! love the rabbit ;) ♥ Conny
    http://piaromsartjournaling.blogspot.de

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  14. Ilona ... I LOVE these pieces! The heart is precious ... where did you find those butterflies? The bunny is perfect! So glad PPF featured your work ... off to visit more of it! ❤

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  15. This is really lovely and special work. I love it :) Such unique images produced on wood. I might have to give wood painting a try someday!

    Sarah @ A Cat-Like Curiosity

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  16. Visiting from PPF - LOVE the butterfly piece - the rabbit is so unexpected - that is part of its charm.

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  17. These are amazing! Love the heart, and the butterly looks wonderful as well.

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  18. Congratulations on being spotlighted on PPF! Your work is gorgeous. Blessings!

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  19. So beautiful - I love how you saw a rabbit in your butterfly!

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  20. This is just beautiful! how lovely painted on wood, I love them! =)

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