Sunday, February 13, 2022

More damn flowers

 I’m using this lily to experiment with a more formal planning of doing a watercolor painting.  You know, like the teacher tells us to do. 

So first I did a value painting. 



Then I did a contour drawing and dropped in paint. 



Then I drew a rough version on 140# cold press. Then I painted the background with various washes, started adding some detail and masqued and scratched in other detail. 


It looks like crap but hopefully I can turn it into a good painting. 



7 comments:

  1. sjdFebruary 14, 2022 at 7:16 AM

    The value study and contour painting are lovely. The final painting holds promise.

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  2. ekoFebruary 14, 2022 at 8:07 AM

    It's amazing how much help those studies are. Even if you go a different way in the final, you really get to know your subject... and it shows. I like the value study a lot. And the final looks like it's going to be very rich and deep.

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  3. GreetaFebruary 14, 2022 at 9:01 AM

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  5. Uncle KenFebruary 15, 2022 at 8:59 AM

    I don't get it. In the first painting it looks like light petals against a dark background, but in the second it looks like dark petals against a light background. Plenty of possibilities in the third one, especially with that brownish cat just below the flower.

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    1. AlanFebruary 15, 2022 at 11:31 AM

      Yes. That is my problem. It’s really vibrant colors on top of dull colors.

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  6. paoFebruary 21, 2022 at 8:09 AM

    Again, your value study is exquisite. If you can hold on to that quality when you go into color, oh my.

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