Calla Lilies
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album✍🏼
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art piece✅
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complete06-02-2026 at 09:45 am
Summary: This was the second piece completed while doing art therapy and it came out nicer than I expected. Here, you’ll find the process.
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Meaning: This was the second painting I did while doing art therapy. I like flowers and I wanted something interesting looking.
Flowers are pretty.
I’ve really enjoyed using the Shuttle Art Tempura Paint Sticks as they let me be free without worrying too much about details. I wanted to see if I could do a strange looking flower like calla lilies and they came out nice!
Creative Workbook
I want to cover up the old drawing underneat so I'm going to paint over it with white gesso mixed with green paint...not sure wha to put on top.
Size: Letter
Started: 05/31/26
Finished: 05/31/26
Started: 05/31/26
Finished: 05/31/26
Process Notes
Planning Notes
- 05/30/26 - I’ve decided to cover up Spires with gesso so I can have nice pieces in Doodle Bufonidae since I don’t think I can resurrect what I was trying to do. Time to start over. I used lime green paint to make a nice bright background. Not sure what to put on top.
Progress Notes
- 05/31/26 - Gonna put some good music on and do some painting.
- I showed Hubby the Shuttle Art Tempura Paint Sticks and let him use them. I don’t know what I’m doing with this piece so I just used this page.
- Some swoop I did made me think of flowers. Let’s do flowers. What’s that one flower??
- Oh, Calla lilies!
Anna.Massini, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Completion Notes
- 05/31/26 - The end result was really nice. The calla lilies came out better than I expected, though I wish the leaves were a little more formed. I think I was over it by that point.
Supplies
| Material | What I Used | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | Canson Graduate Mixed Media Paper | Worked on the gesso painted over this paper. |
| Paint | Liquitex White Gesso mixed with green, yellow, and sky blue ink. | Worked to cover up the piece underneath, though it was interesting to learn that Liquitex White Gesso dissolves India Ink! |
| Color Medium | Shuttle Art Tempura Paint Sticks | Worked well. |