Purple Tulips In Bloom

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Purple Tulips In Bloom

I was given a pot of tulips this past Easter, that opened up on Easter morning in full bloom. The flowers gave me the inspiration for my latest floral painting. I had to paint them, as they are purple - my favorite color. I hope you like them as much as I do. Painted from a blank canvas/screen, not a photo manipulation or photo editing effect. I used my Wacom tablet and art stylus pen,& Painter IX art software. I used mostly airbrush, some pastels and chalks, water, and lots of blending tool brushes and settings to get this soft look.

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Roisin Markham

Roisin Markham 01 Apr 2008

These are very skilled paintings. They do really look like photos - I know there not you have really been clear about that. Well done you look and see well. Terry, I loved your post about charity work. I hope to respond to it but past midnight here I will come back to it. Regards Roisin Markham

Terry Harris
Artist Reply: Thank you Roisin so much! I love painting florals, tulips are ones I love due to the variety of colors and petal forms. I am planning a large garden at the new house we are about to close escrow on and can't wait to get started. I with find it full of inspiration and a joy to be in.
cynthia berridge

cynthia berridge 26 Mar 2007

excellent art work must try it I love painter 9 just wish I had more time to play

Terry Harris
Artist Reply: Thanks Cynthia! This one was one that worked so well with the brushes and watercolor blends I used. SOmetimes I manage to pop out a really lovely floral with fine details, I really need to work on more florals. Glad you liked this one. I'm testing out a trail version of Painter X at the moment. So far, loving it, will update mine to it I think.
Jerry

Jerry 27 Aug 2006

Most excellent colors, style, details and fantasting mood!

Terry Harris
Artist Reply: Thanks Jerry! This one was a lighter soft floral, with the darker background for dramatic effect. I love this one, as it came out as I intended it would exactly.
Arnel Sarmiento

Arnel Sarmiento 10 May 2006

Love this A++

Terry Harris
Artist Reply: Thank you Arnel! I will be doing more florals when I can this summer to make a series. These are worth the effect to do them, so just need to hunt up some flowers to work on. Will be taking photos on vacation to use for reference.
tazda lawson

tazda lawson 01 May 2006

now thats fantastic.......are all your photos great????

Terry Harris
Artist Reply: Thanks Tazda! The photo of this flower was nice, but crudey background of my microwave & kitchen window. It's the same flower I photoed the photo of that had the light behind it. I painted this a littler and pinker hue than the original flowers. I also left out flawed areas such as some yellowing discoloration that the eal flower had. This one is a painting, so I can make it more perfect than a photo of the real plant.