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Folk Art style painting

I like the Folk Art style this painting project turned out to be.  It is a project for a quick craft class. I like the simplicity of the Folk Art style of this basket project.  To keep it easy I decided to not paint any additional designs on the goose or the basket itself.  A bit of shading and highlighting keeps the design from appearing totally flat.  Additional color is added by whatever one decides to put in the basket.

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Folk Art style painting keeps the design simple. The basket can fit any occasion.
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I tend to like it as an Easter basket with a home spa theme. Though, now that I look at it more I can see that it also makes a nice birthday or Mother’s Day gift. Maybe I will hang on to it a bit longer. Either that, or I might need to make a few more.

Some of the rabbits I painted do not have the floral garland, but I gave them away before I remembered to photograph them. The rabbits with the flowers are the ones I taught in my tole painting classes.  I selected the rabbit project shown here from an older tole painting booklet that I no longer have so I am not able to share the name of the original maker. 

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For this project, the highlighted body areas are stippled using white paint and a sponge wedge.  The neck area has a stippling of green and white as a base for the flowers.

In class I have the students practice on either tracing or watercolor paper.  Doing so gives them small paintings that they can later use for tags or as greeting card toppers.  This is also a good way for them to have a step-by-step guide that they can refer back to when they paint flowers on other items in the future.

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The flowers are first painted solid pink then shaded and highlighted to add dimension.
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Shading and highlighting are added to give depth to the flowers.
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Leaves are added to finish the design. This will also make a nice greeting card topper.
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A close-up view of the finished flowers.

When you practice on watercolor paper and want to see the true color contrast you can paint the paper first with your selected background color.  Practicing on paper first is also a good way to experiment with using different colors for the flowers before committing to the final color used on the project.

For the finishing touch on the rabbit I drilled two holes to thread raffia through for hanging.  Jute or craft wire also make good hangers as does a saw tooth hanger attached to the backside.

I hope this gives you ideas for painting your floral projects. Leave a comment if you have any questions or to share what your favorite painting style is.

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