This weeks title for the AVA group session was Pots,Vases and Flowers. I had already done a drawing for this session, which I was unable to leave alone (see previous post) so I had a bit of a rush job to do a drawing and put on the first wash before Thursdays session. I picked the Cosmos from the garden and made sure I had various pinks and some whites.
I used a piece of Whatman 300g Not, extra white paper that I had bought to try, being attracted by the extra white label. I am informed by Peter that this is no longer available, but I felt it needed using up, as I seem to remember it was not cheap. As I was going to put a nice juicy wet wash onto the sheet, I did stretch it to make it easier to work.
I drew out the pots and flowers and then, using Quinachridone Magenta, Ultramarine Blue and Cobalt Teal Blue, I liberally washed areas of the paper. I did make sure that some parts were left white to accommodate the white flowers.
Before starting painting on Thursday morning, I used a drawing pen and some masking fluid to draw in the very fine lines of the leaves as I wanted them to be a very fresh green and so wanted the starting point to be white.
All went well, I painted in the flowers trying to create some lost edges on the LH side, and did some work on the two white pots on the left.
At home , later when I came to add more to the painting, I tried to remove the masking fluid. Most was fine, but I noticed that I had quite a few tiny specks which were difficult to remove. On closer inspection, I saw that the drawing pen had scratched the surface of the paper and the masking fluid has gone into the scratches. The result was that I slightly spoiled some of the surface getting it all off. This has not spoiled the painting, but that is the first time I have seen that happen, and in future I will be very careful to only use the drawing pen with the lightest of touches. I do like the fine lines one can create with these pens, so I do want to continue to use it. I will also look to see if the tips are burred in any way.
'Cosmos and White Pots'
Whatman 300g not paper, 46x33cm
Very nice and delicate. Finished up well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. I intended it to be a lot more punchy, but not sure how to do that without getting it muddy. Will keep at it!
ReplyDeleteA lovely result, like your choice of colours and how well the bg melds with the subject
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments Lorraine. I have a bit of a thing about Quinachridone Magenta, Indigo and Teal Blue mixtures at he moment, so I am sure they will appear again soon!. Thanks for looking and I am glad you enjoyed the painting.
ReplyDeletewow, so beautiful contrasts here, Yvonne! The arch like composition is so masterly done - I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks djr, its nice when the composition works. Glad you enjoy looking.
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