{"id":1880,"date":"2018-04-05T21:47:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T04:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2018-04-05T21:47:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T04:47:54","slug":"four-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/four-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1875\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1875\" data-attachment-id=\"1875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/four-flowers\/img_1457-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?fit=1536%2C1957&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1957\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Four Flowers\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Four Flowers.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Four Flowers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?fit=424%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?fit=700%2C892&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1875\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?resize=640%2C815&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Four Flowers\" width=\"640\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?resize=804%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 804w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?resize=118%2C150&amp;ssl=1 118w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?resize=424%2C540&amp;ssl=1 424w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?resize=768%2C979&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1457.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four Flowers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I did these small flower studies all on the same piece of paper. The first thing I did was adhere the paper to a piece of 2mm Sintra PVC panel with some brushed on acrylic soft gel medium. I let that dry for about an hour under some heavy books. Next I split the page into quarters with blue painter&#8217;s tape.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I painted all four the same way. I started each by blocking in the major colors with tempera paint sticks. I then added detail using brush markers, and finally I added a few bits of white using white ink.<\/p>\n<p>I discovered that I could lift colors with a damp paper towel to create lighter values. I could also blend in some white ink with a wet brush to lighten the values.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1876\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1876\" data-attachment-id=\"1876\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/four-flowers\/img_1462\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lupin\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lupin Flowers.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lupin&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?fit=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1876\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lupin\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?resize=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1462.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lupin<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1877\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1877\" data-attachment-id=\"1877\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/four-flowers\/img_1463\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Peonies\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Peonies.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Peonies&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?fit=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1877\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Peonies\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?resize=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1463.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peonies<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1878\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1878\" data-attachment-id=\"1878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/four-flowers\/img_1464\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tulips\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tulips.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tulips&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?fit=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1878\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tulips\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?resize=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1464.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tulips<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1879\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1879\" data-attachment-id=\"1879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/four-flowers\/img_1465\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Iris\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Iris.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Iris&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?fit=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1879\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Iris\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?resize=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1465.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iris<\/p><\/div>\n<p>9&#215;12 inches (23&#215;30.5 cm) Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media paper, pencil, Mod Paint Sticks, Arteza Real Brush pens, Arteza flat waterbrush, and Molotow empty marker filled with Dr. Ph. Martin&#8217;s Pen White ink. Each picture is about 4&#215;5.5 inches (10&#215;14 cm).<\/p>\n<p>Jim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did these small flower studies all on the same piece of paper. The first thing I did was adhere the paper to a piece of 2mm Sintra PVC panel with some brushed on acrylic soft gel medium. I let that dry for about an hour under some heavy books. Next I split the page [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-painting","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3xTIN-uk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1882,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}