Fleurs en Négatif / Negative Painting : Flowers

Voici une nouvelle illustration de comment peindre les fleurs en Négatif. Le fond a été préalablement teinté de nuances claires. J'ai donné vie aux pétales en peignant autour de chacun d'eux et en intégrant peitit à petit de nouvelles formes. L'alternance entre les contours cernés ou non préserve la spontanéité du tableau et lui confère une certaine abstraction. Cette technique apporte de la modernité à un sujet classique de fleurs et permet donc de (re)découvrir celui-ci d'un oeil contemporain.

"Reflet d'été" / "Summer glow", 10,5 x 18,5 cm. Arches CP.

Here is another illustration of how to paint flowers using Negative Space. I started working from a lightly coloured background and created the petals by painting around them and adding new shapes, little by little. The alternance between hard and soft edges preserves the spontaneity of the work and gives more abstraction to it. This painting process brings modernity to a classical flower-subject, so that the eye can discover it in a contemporary way.

Comments

[Catherine DR]

Just ordered Barbara Nechis's books to learn more about her works and technique ... Thanks to both of you for sharing !

[Nancy Lee]

Funny...I thought exactly the same thing. I have one of Barbara's dvd's which shows this technique off to perfection. I actually learned about her from Nick who was one of her students! Lovely job, Catherine. You really have a light touch - your work always looks so delicate and has such an ethereal quality about it!

[Catherine DR]

No, indeed Nick. I don't know Barbara Nechis, neither do I know her work. But I'm going to check her website immediately.
Thank you for sharing !

[Nick]

A wonderful job! Most people don't obtain the variety of edges to make negative painting look natural. The artist who really put that technique on the map over here was Barbara Nechis, in case you don't know her work.

[dourvac'h]

L'important dans le résultat est l'impression produite : le rêve peut se prendre son envol... "L'abstraction" n'a de sens que si elle peut s'incarner dans un frais arc-en-ciel qui nous touchera le coeur... Et je partage tout l'enthousiasme de Pierrette : bravo à nouveau pour ta "Joueuse de harpe", Catherine !......