Oil on 6x6 hardboard panel
When I visited the National Gallery of Art earlier this year, I saw a painting by Jean Simion Chardin, called " The House of Cards". It pictured a young boy setting up a row of folded playing cards on a table, and ever since then it was in my mind to try to do a painting with cards in it. So, recently I decided to try and make a house of cards, and take pictures of it to paint by. This little formation of aces is about as far as I got before things started falling over! It was fun to try though, and with a little practice I got better at balancing the cards. Now, I'm working on a painting with a few more cards in it. I'm excited, I really like how this one came out.
OMG Debbie, I thought it was a photograph at first. Then only my trained eye revealed it was a painting. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThis is great. Love the texture in the cards.
ReplyDeletewhat a great idea. It turned out wonderful too.
ReplyDeleteFabulous painting.
ReplyDeleteUnique and fun!
ReplyDeleteI created a baseball painting a while ago using baseball cards - I taped them.
Thank You everyone for the great comments. This was a fun and different painting for me, so it was nice to hear your thoughts!
ReplyDeleteNice composition, and great work on the lettering!
ReplyDeleteGreat shadowing on the cards. Very cool composition.
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