Painting flowers from imagination for the Anonymous Art Show, a step by step painting tutorial

To participate in our North Vancouver Anonymous Art show this year, I decided on painting flowers from imagination in acrylic and mixed media.

Appreciation of Art is subjective and for sure, knowing who did a painting will influence how we look at that painting, especially if it is a famous name.

That is why I find the idea of the Anonymous Art Show so exciting, for the time of an exhibit it puts all Artists on an equal footing in terms of name recognition and price, and all that is left to appreciate a painting is the painting itself.

To learn more about this annual fundraising event held by the North Vancouver Community Arts council, you can look at their website.

This year, I did paint 4 canvas, although you can submit only three, just because I had them ready in the studio and decided that I would choose which ones to bring once I was done.

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Painting flowers from imagination in acrylics and mixed media:

It starts with an abstract background in Ink and fluid Acrylics.

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Then some negative painting.

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Cleaning up the sides

Then adding some colors

And finally adding designs

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The finished paintings:

In Seoul, Acrylic on yupo paper mounted on board

In Reykjavik, Acrylic on canvas

In Minsk, Acrylic on canvas

In Jakarta, Acrylic on canvas