The process was quite simple.....a decent drawing, painting the flowers and then adding a background wash and over painting the leaves.
Sorry about the photo. I am not sure why the drawing is so faint. I took the photo in the usual way but can only assume that the poor light we have had recently is to blame. I also have no idea why the second image has acquired a blue background. It is definitely white!
The flowers were painted using only the Quinachridone Coral in various strengths and a little Indian Yellow to add vartiety.
I used Moonglow with a little of the coral for the dark centres. It made a lovely colour, but even at this stage I was a little worried about the centre of the LH flower. I then removed the pencil lines from the flowers, leaving only those that defined the outer edges. These will be removed after the background wash has dried.
I added a wash to the background using Apatite Green Genuine mixed with the coral and a little Indian yellow. These colours were just dropped onto wet paper and allowed to blend naturally.
I over painted the wash with more Apatite and Hookers greens to produce the leaf shapes, and finished off the markings in the centre of the flowers. Finally I darkened a bit of the background in the centre of the painting.
'Coral Beauties'
Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico Extra White Not
45 cm x 30 cm
Such a beautiful painting - lovely that you show the progress pictures :)
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DeleteGorgeous! I love progress pictures!
ReplyDeleteThank you Carol. Glad you enjoy the posts
DeleteExquisite control, an object lesson in placing watercolour and blending it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mick. You always make me feel as if I am getting there, Thank you for your support,
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