Friday, October 1, 2010

Friday Egg: More Wildflowers

Chicken Egg Pysanky Orange, Red, and Yellow Wildflowers on White Background


Riffing on last week's wildflower idea, I did a mixed bouquet this week. I started with a black egg to draw the "bones" of the flowers: stems, petals and leaves. After washing back down to white, I used a large sized delrin kistka to apply wax on the yellow, orange, green, dark green and red layers. I was looking for a blobby and imprecise "not staying in the lines" feel which is hard to achieve with the fine points of my electric kistky. I think that paintings of wildflower scenes are better when they suggest rather than illustrate - too much detail and precision makes it look like an awkward family photo. After red, I washed the egg back down to white and then dipped in vinegar for a while for a light etch to pop the flowers a bit more from the background.

Chicken Egg Pysanky Orange, Red, and Yellow Wildflowers on White Background

Chicken Egg Pysanky Orange, Red, and Yellow Wildflowers on White Background

Chicken Egg Pysanky Orange, Red, and Yellow Wildflowers on White Background


Chicken Egg Pysanky Orange, Red, and Yellow Wildflowers on White Background

And just a quick reminder:  I have a basic Pysanky workshop scheduled for Saturday, October 16.  Contact me if you are interested - the basic details are on the upper right side of the blog.  It's coming up quickly!

Happy Friday!