8" x 10" Ceramic Tile
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In the words of the immortal character Sophia Petrillo: Picture it! Harvest time. 2023.
A young girl is walking through an apple orchard searching for the perfect fruit. She is overcome with the smells of autumn and can’t contain her excitement as she looks up at gnarled and twisted tree that holds the most perfect apple she has ever seen. She immediately raises her arm to grab the fruit and is amazed as she smells it that it holds all the aromas and memories of fall in the one little fruit. This is a magical time and she wishes she could preserve this feeling forever.
This is some of the visual images that I had in my head while I was painting Rustic Harvest.
Apples are a subject that I have painted in the past but I wanted to try to do something a little different. I have been fascinated with the rustic look in decorating and I have always thought that it ties in nicely with my style and the themes that I try to tie all my work to: nostalgia and the simplicity of the past.
Americana and Anita’s Acrylic Paint
Create background with Black, Zinc and Storm Gray.
Transfer cartoon onto tile using tracing and white graphite paper.
Using colors black, Traditional Burnt Umber, Mississippi Mud, Territorial Beige, and Bleached Sand.
Zinc, Territorial Beige,Mississippi Mud and Bleached Sand
Heritage Brick, Antique Maroon, Territorial Beige, Bleached Sand and White.
Jungle Green, Olive Green, Gray Storm and Bleached Sand.
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