I painted these iris n March 30th, Van Gogh’s birthday.
You can see from this photo that I wasn’t exaggerating any of the colors!
I used liquid watercolors for the base painting and brought in crayons and charcoal after that for rich, textural surfaces.
Van Gogh is my favorite artist. And while I love his paintings, my favorites have always been his drawings. I bought myself this book of his drawings for my birthday one year and I look at it often.
Sketch Away: Travels with my sketchbook 
The style of your iris painting certainly suggests Van Gogh’s techniques. It’s beautiful.
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Nice painting of the Iris, it looks very very “Eastery”!!
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Have you been to the Van Gogh exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art? It’s well worth the trip and is on through May 22.
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Pat, no but I did visit the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam 2 years ago.
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So lovely-a bright spot in my day. Thanks soooo much for the book reference! My library actually has a copy to borrow til I save up for it. I’m very excited to see the collection of drawings. Thanks again for always inspiring!
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Fabulous!
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Love the fact that you treated yourself to the book! My daughter and I saw the Met exhibit over her 2005-6 Christmas break. I treasure the book too.
Your rendition is beautiful.
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