IRIS

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Your technique has produce a lovely loose painting with great colours.

Posted by Julie Bosley on Mon 11 Feb 22:17:38

Lovely, glorious colours, great painting

Posted by Ros Patterson on Mon 11 Feb 23:35:33

This is excellent Sylvia, beautiful colours and a lovely loose style.

Posted by Christine Davies on Tue 12 Feb 08:50:43

what nice comments, thank you.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Tue 12 Feb 09:58:41

Excellent stuff Sylvia, nice and free, loose as Alan would say. Not my scene, flower paintings, but this is very well executed. best Mick

Posted by Mick Saunders on Thu 14 Feb 12:36:36

This is WOW! Sylvia. The colours are perfect and the flowers look as if they are swaying in a breeze.

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Thu 14 Feb 13:39:56

Thanks Sarah and Mick.. Praise indeed from Mick, I know he doesn't usually bother with flowery stuff.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Thu 14 Feb 14:11:19

What beautiful colours and shapes.....a touch of Van Gough! Lovely work.

Posted by Avril Soldani on Thu 21 Feb 08:46:14

Fantastic. Lovely colours

Posted by marjan van der Kooi on Tue 05 Mar 10:30:55

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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I did this some time ago, mainly ink but a bit of oil pastel to emphasise . I take one iris from the garden , Then paint with big pointy brush straight onto my paper. I find if I use a pencil first I get bogged down with itsy detail. .

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Sylvia Evans

Sylvia Evans. I am mainly a self taught artist, though I did spend a year at Rochdale School of Art in the late 1950’s. I was then made to get a “Proper Job” by my father, so I spent the next few years in a nursing career. I married and had a family, just picking up a pencil to amuse my…

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