Rosettes Made of Paint

Rosettes Made of Paint
All Acrylics on Cradled Panel
11x14

1 inch Finished Edges - Original Painting


Painting is of swirled rosette flowered roses made from cake decorating tips as a tool and thicker paints for the impasto style. Impasto is "thick application of paint."

The background is made of acrylics also, but that has a watercolor "look." The watery paint can contrast nicely with the thicker paint.

All roses, stems, and leaves are raised off the surface. The panel is used to support the weight of these thicker paints., and just be a better quality than canvas.

Colors are of a rich burgundy wine. Amazingly, a bit of white added to the same color makes the pinks in the background to have the same color scheme.

A few different varnishes cover this piece, one is a matte with no shine that makes the background look best, and the shine makes the flowers brilliant. Adding shiny and matte contrast to a painting while the whole painting is protected, can also be a nice contrast.

This painting was made for the book, "Make Impasto Rosettes with paint" just about to be released on the Kindle market (as of this writing on April 12, 2014), for those who would like to learn the art of making fine art paintings with cake decorating tips and thicker paints.

The short book has some added tips and mistakes to avoid on varnishing, a topic often asked about by artists.

To be notified of when this book comes out, or to learn this thick painting style, sign up here for a complimentary course on how to make a "Simple Sculptural Rose."

Ruth Collis
Sculptural Painter
www.RuthCollis.com