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Negative Painting – Flowers and Butterflies

July 16, 2019 by Sandy Allnock 8 Comments [featured_image}

I’ve covered negative painting/coloring a bunch of times – it’s a technique where you color things AROUND the subject, darkening them layer by layer to push items in the background further back and leaving the foreground lighter. It’s complex, and challenging to get white things to be white; in the painting I also do some positive painting on the flower petals.

I’m calling this also “relaxing” – the prompt for World Watercolor Month today! See more of my daily little speedpaintings HERE, and all of my WWCM info HERE.

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Watch the video below or click HERE to see it in HD on YouTube.

The butterfly is likely smaller than he should be…I wanted to use the flowers from one of my pics from Puerto Rico, and add a butterfly – and probably didn’t think it through all that well, but it’s still pretty!

And for those who will inevitably ask, I did add it to Society6 for ya! (This link is to the framed photos page, just scroll down to find options for unframed, bags, pillows, et al). Lest you worry that I’m hawking products….I get excited if my Society6 payment is over $6 in any given month, so I offer these more as a service to those wanting a piece of my art rather than to make much moolah at all. LOL!

Copic Negative Coloring

Did you know you can do negative coloring with Copics too? On Social Media later today I have a speed video of how I did this card with a butterfly background stamp. Super easy – scribble light colors over all of it, and do the negative coloring in between with darker greens and bluegreens!

I popped one hand-cut butterfly, added Glossy Accents to it, and also popped a circle-punch with the sentiment – and a little bit of glossy dots around it!

Watercolor Supplies:

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  • Butterfly Wings, Poppystamps
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Comments

  1. Heli naik says

    December 3, 2019 at 7:07 am

    I find it hard to paint white flowers. But you did amazing work. I really love it. I have also started writing about my painting. please have a look – artprojects4.art.blog

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  2. Gab says

    July 19, 2019 at 4:05 am

    Just beautiful Sandy

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  3. Henriëtte says

    July 16, 2019 at 1:31 pm

    This was fabulous to watch Sandy, every layer on the background made the flowers pop more. Thank you so much for showing how you make your awesome artwork.

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  4. Linda Crowley says

    July 16, 2019 at 7:04 am

    I am so happy you offer your art on Society6, I own Winter Cardinal and next on my list is Elusive Bluebird and Poppy Love. There are many other pieces I want as well. I love your work.

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  5. Linda S. says

    July 16, 2019 at 6:24 am

    The flowers are so lovely and I don’t think there is anything wrong with earning a living. Thanks for sharing your time and creativity with us.

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    • Betty Brett says

      July 16, 2019 at 6:35 am

      It is like magic watching you paint and the beautiful images appear. Every time you added a darker color those flowers literally danced to the foreground. I LOVED it!

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  6. MARIA NYCE says

    July 16, 2019 at 4:52 am

    So mesmerizing & Lovely Sandy!!! I LOVE THIS GORGEOUS ART PIECE!!! Blessings & Hugs!

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  7. GiniK says

    July 16, 2019 at 4:09 am

    O. M. G. That’s amazing, how the main flower and the butterfly just keep jumping up closer and closer! Would love to see you working IRL sometime…

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