Tea Party
I was inspired this morning to do a little experiment
and printed an old ledger page image onto a sheet of beautiful handmade Twinrocker paper & then used tea to dye it before painting this bird with the flowers.
I recently treated myself to a new watercolor set!
I got a Schmincke Horadam Aquarell set with 48 half pans
and I've been so inspired by my new color palette.
I had been using the same Cotman tubes for 15 years
and it was really great to make a change.
Tea, watercolor & acrylic ink on paper. 6" x 8"
posted by Geninne at 1:09 PM
Inspired indeed!
Really nice, as all your work...I ver know what words to use when I open your blog!!!!
Quizá en castellano me salgan... simplemente maravilloso, como siempre, Geninne. Es una maravilla ver tus obras, igual que los brotes en primavera. Gracias.
How beautiful combination!
Just beautiful, the ledger page Is just the thing!
Very special and inventive. Your work is always so interesting.
You have such wonderful ideas! Your new painting is lovely!
All I can say is "Wow!"
Such a beautiful experiment! And I bet you'll LOVE working with the Schminke - they have such beautiful and intense colours. It would be interesting to hear what you think of them.
Amazingly pretty. I'm so glad u felt inspired to paint this! Love the new paints too x
I love what you have done with this piece! The tea stained document, the new colors and I especially love the way the writing shows through the transparent paint. Your work SO inspires me!! Thanks for sharing.
hugs, Sue K
Gorgeous! I love how the old ledger writing looks in the background. And I really like that maroon shade flower in the middle. Beautiful!
AMAZING! I have always wanted to try using tea to create an aged affect on paper. Did you soak it completely? How long did you leave the tea in? And what kind of tea did you use? Haha! Sorry for the 20 questions, I am just ever so curious. :-P
LOVE it!!
Gorgeous! I especially like the orange flower. :)
Have fun with your new paints! I love getting new pens, pencils, and notebooks. :)
You made the paper very convincing. So nice to get new paints. Enjoy your weekend.
this is the most absolutely beautiful combination! thank you much for sharing ... ;)
Just gorgeous!
Beautiful! I've been wondering for a while what type of printer and inks you use: I couldn't find this in your faq section: perhaps there's a post you've already done on this that I could check out? Thanks! Brooke
I normally lurk and adore your art. But I love this so much I had to tell you hove much I adore your work. It's so beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Beautiful depth of colour in your new paints... looove schminke!
The tea dyed ledger paper makes a wonderful background.
I love the effect of the page behind. I love to paint directly onto old book pages. Isn't amazing how starting with different colours can make such a difference. I can't wait to see what you come up with next.
This is my kind of tea party! Lovely!! Come to Indiana and we can tour Twinrocker together. :)
I have a bird phobia, so I don't understand why I love each and every painting you do so much. Maybe you are curing me! I even want to try to paint a bird
Hi! I just stumbled upon your blog. I love your bird illustrations :) Your video-tutorial are also amazing, thanks for posting them.
And checking up old posts looks like you have relatives in Chile. Cool! I'm from Antofagasta :)
I love the antique-y look with the ledger and tea stained paper and your beautiful birds. I would love to have more art like in my house.
Just beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful! I look forward to seeing the Tea Party in your Etsy shop. ;)
This is beautiful!
Congrats on the new palette, fun, fun!
Wonderful!
bellisimo !!!!
beautiful as always!
greetings from germany
mnh
Hola Geninne:
¡Qué bien queda lo del papel manuscrito de fondo! Y el dibujo es precioso, de verdad.
¡Disfruta de tus nuevas acuarelas y que todo te vaya muy bien!
Helena,
en Santander, España.
This is truly lovely! Love the flora and the bird. Love the transparency of the washes with beautiful writing showing through.(Love the crossword book cover, too!) Thanks Geninne!
Just love your work. Almost finished with my version of your birdie embroidery pattern - just love it. Thanks for sharing your work... you heart
Amy
Absolutely Beautiful!! (^_^) your bird looks alive with colour x
Geninne, it has been forever since I've stopped by. Look at you now!!
I always knew you'd do great things. Wow, your latest work is amazing! I adore the elephant in the room, too ;)
I remember seeing your header on someone elses blog and how much it bothered me that she was copying you and using your art.
You are one in a million!
Congrats on all of your successes. You deserve every one ;)
♥ Lolo ♥
You are so talented it blows my mind! This piece is so beautiful!
inspiring
It's gorgeous! And congratulations on the book covers, they look great!
Schmincke’s divine colour range and spectacular products certainly are inspiring aren’t they? I use there oils and pastels and nothing else compares. The colour in this piece really jumps out and I love the experimental background.
this is beautiful! and gosh i love your blog, it's so dang pretty.
Hello,
I adore your blog and your art work! I found you through a couple of different blogs that I follow and I'm so pleased to catch up on all of your beautiful works.
hooray!
Keep smiling,
Abby
I've been a silent reader for a couple of weeks -even months.
I take the chance today to leave a small comment : the tea gives a beautiful colour.. I may try it myself too.
Thanks for Inspiration.
I love your artwork! Gorgeous! Hope to own one someday.
Just wanted to let you know that I really admire you & your blog.
Keep up the lovely paintings, you are a truely talented woman.
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