Wedding Flowers - A Custom Painting in Oil Part 2

Now that the background and foreground for this oil painting is finished, it's time to paint wedding flowers!  
click here for Wedding Flowers Oil Painting Part 1

Cut flowers need a vase or a pot so I'll paint it before the flowers that go into it. See below for how this painting is finished:
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Wedding Flowers - A Custom Oil Painting Part 1

An oil painting of the beautiful flowers at a woman's wedding is a wonderful idea for an anniversary gift - especially if the flowers are the bride's favorites! They will remind her of her happy day for many years to come.

Such a request came in recently. The flowers and outdoor setting in the photo the client sent were so beautiful that I looked forward to painting them. I'll show you how I go about it below.
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Shipping a Wet Oil Painting on Canvas - How To Do It!

The next custom painting I am working on may need to be shipped before it is completely dry. OK, so how to do that? It's not difficult, but the key is, I need to know beforehand that the painting will be shipped wet and then take the proper steps before ever putting a brush to canvas.  Many thanks to artists Jack White and Mikki Senkarik, for the idea behind my method.

I'll show you the steps below. This works well for a small painting such as the one in the photo which is 18x14 inches. For a large work, the same idea applies, but heavier materials will be needed and the method modified.
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Waterfall Landscape and Portraits Custom Painting

This custom painting was commissioned as a birthday gift for a young woman by her boyfriend. (What a nice idea for a gift! )
According to him, her two favorite things are her family's farm property in Tennessee and her dog Tucker. So the project was to paint her at the property with her beloved fur friend.You can click the image to see it larger.
Below, I will show you how I painted this 14x11 inch watercolor, so read on if you'd like to see:
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Swooped Up! Watercolor Painting of a Boy and His Dad at the Pond

This watercolor painting is a companion piece to the boy chasing ducks painting I completed earlier.

The little blond toddler in these two custom paintings chased some ducks almost right into the pond! Fortunately, his dad was close by and swooped him up in the nick of time.
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Boy Chasing Ducks - Watercolor Custom Painting

People have such great ideas for paintings! The latest custom painting I have been working on was inspired by a video of a toddler chasing ducks at a pond.
The little boy's grandparents wanted two 8x10 watercolor paintings based on the merry chase. To the left is a detail from painting #1.

I'll show you how I painted it below. The full watercolor painting of the boy and ducks is here, if you'd like to skip the demo.

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Birches at White Lake in Autumn Watercolor Painting

Birches at White Lake in Autumn 8"x10" - for sale in my Etsy shop

White Lake in New Hampshire is beautiful. It has a completely white sand bottom from one end to the other formed by a glacier long ago, and the water is crystal clear.

The lake this painting of birch trees in autumn. But there is a lot of imagination sprinkled throughout, so hunt though you might, you will not find this exact spot!  I hope you like it nevertheless.
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