Saturday, February 21, 2009

Almond Blossoms!

I had a kickass photo-shoot in a nearby orchard today, in spite of the early overcasting of clouds.


After I brought the raw photos home, I plied some Photoshop to properly crop the pics, and was very pleased with the results.

In keeping with the recent torrent of creativity, I also cut some cardboard panels and put gesso on them to make them paint-worthy. They'll be useful for experimental stuff.

I think I want to put a second coat of gesso on them, though, so that if we want to sand them smooth, we'll have plenty of surface.

Gesso is a kind of thick paint-y goo that preps a surface -- almost any surface -- for painting upon.


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