Ranunculus

I have been branching into becoming a flower farmer and this picture was inspired by the gorgeous ranunculus that grew in my garden this year.I am especially proud of them as this is the first time I have grown them and they have turned out well.The multitude of colours I saw, I was unable to put them all on the canvas for fear of it looking gaudy.The end result is something I am proud of.I feel the beauty of these flowers will bring class to a room as a ranunculus is a very classy flower.I have used a structured paint to give the flowers a 3 d effect and also used a spatula to paint the background and add depth to the painting by forming scratch marks, if you look carefully.I always have felt the background is just as special as the foreground

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Angela Goodhue is an artist who likes to use pastels,pen and ink and recently ,acrylic paints for her art
She works in the healthcare industry and sees art as an escape from the realities of life so
tends to prefer abstract and impressionistic art forms.She has had little formal training but has been
drawing since she began talking .At highschool she did technical drawing and had planned a life as a draftswoman
but this wasn't her passion. Skills gained were perspective in her drawings .She attended a short course in pen and
ink sketching where she learnt dot and the use of texture through small marks and patterns
To create interest in her drawings ,this can be seen in her style where she also likes to use dots and marks to
indicate kmovement in her drawings and paintings.Despite no real formal training she has developed her own style and lists
Van Gogh and Rosina Wachtmeister amongst some of her influencers.