Actually, I painted the background for the field of poppies perhaps 12 months ago and finally got around this week to finishing the flowers. In my usual sloppy style I managed to splash paint on the background over that time in a few inconvenient places - so this sort of dictated the shape of the flowers at times. Nothing like a happy accident to keep the creative process loose!
Original is 30cm square on 300gsm HP waterford paper. Hope you like it.
The painting below is my interpretation of a gladiola by Ann Pember painted for learning purposes. A year ago I worked mostly straight onto dry paper with mixed colours and glazes. Through studying Ann's work I've moved to more wet on wet technique with the colours painted straight on to mingle on the paper.
Saw your post on Wet Canvas so thought I'd check your blog. Those are beautiful! I love flowers in watercolor --- how lovely.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of shading. Love how you reserved the whites. Beautiful work.
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