tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36704431978185470732024-03-13T13:27:42.600-07:00Lavender Lilly Dilly Dilly(a journal of my journey into botanical watercolors)Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-40750751235497179452019-03-08T14:02:00.000-08:002019-03-08T14:02:19.372-08:00BACKS OF FLOWERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The backs of flowers can be as interesting as the fronts.... it gives an entirely different view and a new way to capture each flower's individual characteristics..... </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love the color mixes in this Dahlia. The translucent, yellowish petals need more work...but I really like the idea of painting what is peaking up from beneath those petals.... adds a little dimension!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peonies are such graceful and elegant blooms! Perfect for the southern garden! Their fragrance is simply pure flower-power! I have many photos of some really gorgeous peonies from their bud-stage (very pretty to paint) all the way to full bloom and then petals falling off the stem and brownish seed heads beginning to form.... I'd love to do a series and paint the bud, flower opening up, flower in full bloom and then the ragged, crinkling petals dying. A series of poppies painted like that is one of the most stunning paintings I've ever seen! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This study of a dahlia isn't finished..... I wanted to focus on the sharp "bends" of the purple petals and the translucent, paper greenish parts.... It would have been better accomplished on real water color paper rather than on this mixed media journal I keep. But I like to keep track of my color mixes for future reference. It's priceless at times when I've tried to remember a color mix I used.. I'll forget from the night to the next morning after I painted what I used.... so, keeping this journal is one of my best decisions!</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839799263696305680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-43097767633214326432019-03-08T13:47:00.000-08:002019-03-08T13:47:27.796-08:00LADY SLIPPER ORCHID<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Who doesn't love ORCHIDS? Their elegance and beauty are unmatched by any other flower (well, I could say that about a lot of flowers so that makes that statement untrue but I'll say it anyway, lol)… Most people know the "Moth" Orchid... very easy to find at Walmart or grocery stores. If you don't overwater and give some nice light you'll be graced with blooms for even months! If you know the proper place to cut the stem,... you'll be eventually blessed again with more blooms!!! Where you cut the stem is extremely important. </div>
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Fortunately for me, a local green house (Kimberley's Greenhouse - North Tazewell, VA) gets Orchids straight from Hawaii every Mother's Day week! And they are always ready to burst open with gazillions of blooms! Usually only about $25.... I'm sitting on about 10 different ones from last year that have some beautiful new growth and I'm keeping my fingers crossed maybe for some new blooms this year! And of course, I'll have to add to my collection this May. Orchids are one of my Mom's favorite flowers and she usually gets several for Mother's Day presents! </div>
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The "Lady Slipper" Orchid is one of my favorites by far! This one bloomed almost three months and did rebloom! I have a few different ones I want to paint. This one is one of my largest paintings. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The colors are anywhere near as vibrant in this photo as they were in real life!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used masking fluid for once (which I don't normally use) to cover up the "white speckles".... This was painted about a year ago or so.... I see some things I'd like to improve on for sure. </td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839799263696305680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-51098160247338169742019-03-08T12:59:00.000-08:002019-03-08T13:28:43.563-08:00FOXGLOVE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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FOXGLOVES are a noble and "old-timey" flower treasured in cottage gardens and everywhere else! Hummingbirds flock to them! Fortunately they go to seed abundantly so once you grow one,.... you'll end up the next year with many! Depending upon when you start them, sometimes they flower the second year. Although I have found some varieties that will bloom the very first year!</div>
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Neat thing is, about three years ago I bought two long frames that had a generic botanical print in each. I told myself that one day I would paint my own foxglove studies to put in them. This is before I even began painting again. And here, about two years later,... I finally painted one! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I first painted a wash of yellow for the warmer areas like I normally do.... then added washes of blues for the cooler parts. Pale lavender mixes get added next to kind of map out where each petal is....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some brighter purples are added and the deepest burgundys in the center "splotches" are painted. I wish I had taken better photos with deeper shadows and more drastic lighting to paint by. Next time I'll try to add some more drama and excitement!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The white "bleached out" area on the middle petal kind of looks strange. I painted it but I can't decide if it comes across as a mistake? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an amazing variety of foxgloves.. It was supposed to have come back last year but it didn't make an appearance. Hopefully I'll find another to replace and then paint!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The white one popped up everywhere in my yard! I also have a white one with the deepest, darkest center ever. It was so gorgeous! Here's hoping it comes back out this year and goes to seed to share!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The peach one grew up out from the middle of my herb garden like a drama queen, demanding all my attention. I was too afraid to move it and it not transplant well so I left her standing where I had to walk around her every day..... so worth it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing around with some blue mixes... there really isn't a bunch of "blue" flowers! Always applying a wet wash first, I added some lighter blue areas to separate the petals from each other. This is my first step to figuring out what on earth I'm doing! Some yellow areas were also painted for the stamens (?)…. time to learn my plant anatomy properly!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More and deeper blues are added, usually with a few wet washes first and then progressing to wet paint on dry paper for more detailed areas.... The petals had a "texture" that was random and difficult to paint on this mixed media paper. I'm pretty sure it'll be easier and hopefully look better on real watercolor paper.... </td></tr>
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Fuchsias are a beautiful flower that is more commonly grown as a hanging basket. In some zones they can be perennial bushes. I've had some luck overwintering several in my barely heated sunroom. They loose all their leaves and look extremely straggly all winter long.... but they get a sense when spring time is coming and start growing happy leaves! </div>
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The purples are brilliant in this bloom that is one of the largest blossoms (almost palm sized) of any fuchsia I've ever seen! A couple years ago I painted this flower in my color journal on multi media paper (the bottom photo shows both paintings together). This particular one was painted on "real" watercolor hot pressed paper which definitely does make a huge difference with workability and beauty!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I painted a wash of pale pink on the bottom petals to help define where each petal is and to help make the purples to go on top seem brighter! The top petals had a wash of Davy's Gray applied to aid in forming the shape of the petals and to begin working up shadow areas.... Applying a wash of water first I then add some purples.... since the paper was still damp I was able to "lift out" some lighter areas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Layers upon layers of more purples are applied.. I deepen some pinkish areas in the centers of the bottom petals. Even though the top petals are basically "white"... there are so many colors bouncing up on them (pinkish edges, some purples and deeper grays in the shadows...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top flower was painted a couple of years ago..... it's exciting seeing improvements and growth in my work... I can 'see" details so much better/easier now.... it's time to figure out how recreate what I see. </td></tr>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-88436396723384638582019-02-25T12:15:00.000-08:002019-02-25T12:15:27.218-08:00ALIUM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have been terrible about not updating my blog so I'm going to get "caught up" pretty quickly,,, with not as many details, but at least show some studies I've been painting the past several months.... then I'll make a point to do a better job about taking this more seriously... I know how much I appreciate reading other artist's blogs and have learned a great deal from doing so. Spring time is coming and I plan on doing a better job with photography of my flowers as well as lighting my studies better....</div>
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I absolutely LOVE this ALUIM flower. It's a tiny little blossom and I wish I had taken better photos to see clearer details... Luckily, it's almost time for it to be blooming again this year! Each little bud you see opens up in to little individual flower which maybe I'll plan on painting this time around!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This "study" was painted in my color journal. Keeping up with all my color mixes has been invaluable to future paintings! I highly recommend everyone to do this. Or maybe I'm the only one who works for hours to figure out the perfect color mixes and then the next day completely forgets how I did it! A few episodes of that happening then led to my color-mixing journal! </td></tr>
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I was looking forward to painting this zinnia because of all the different pink hues and especially the brown faded splotches! I figured best to just work my way from one corner to the next especially so not to get my hands in wet paint and make smears.... But this beautiful flower made me decide to allow zinnias of different colors to start fading. That seems to make for much more interesting painting!...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filling in the base washes of color. I usually only do a straight one color at a time approach on the base wash but adding a few more colors as I went helped to keep the petals separate for me. It's so easy to "loose" your place as you go.... Some artist will mark petals on their photo with a magic marker to help keep their place when they are drawing or even painting. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My usual setup for painting in the evenings.... Sometimes I'll have several different size palettes of paint mixes going on at one time. One of my favorite is the tiny little round palette in the center. And the really long, rectangular one on the right side... it was an appetizer platter at Christmas time I found at Sam's (came with three different sizes). Love the Billy Showell brushes and Anna Mason's make dry brush work easier for me!</td></tr>
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Finished work.... I'm definitely looking forward to more "faded zinnia" painting! But I hope to practice more on the really dark brownish black "crinkly" bits. </div>
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This incredible and stunning plant is a CANNONBALL FLOWER. It grows on a tree somewhere no where I know! I fell in love with the bright oranges and reds and the cool "tentacle looking" things. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see on the bottom petal where I had used masking fluid. I actually haven't finished the "tentacle" parts and haven't taken off the masking fluid on the center part.... There is more to do but I wanted to start on another study.... This is on the tiny block of Fabriano hot press paper. I'm still trying to figure out which paper I like best. This one seems to suit me okay! </td></tr>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-61380511210220887972018-05-01T13:21:00.000-07:002018-05-01T13:21:25.819-07:00PARROT TULIPI have been terrible lately about not updating my blog.... at least i have been doing a lot of painting. And a whole lot of gardening! Hydrophonic growing is addictive and soooooo different than regular growing seeds in soil. My entire living room windows and floors are completely covered in seedlings of various stages. And three plants grown completely in hydro growing have already bloomed! Unreal! This means many, many more zinnias to paint this year!!!! A few ("Queen Red Lime" Zinnia) I am anxious to get blooming and paint! It'll be a treat. Enough about this, this ain't a gardening blog.... although I could do that too!!!!<br />
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I've been itching to paint the gorgeous PARROT TULIPS for a long time now but hadn't gotten up the nerve to try them until I finished the previous tulip study. Gave me a little courage.<br />
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As usual, I painted a base layer using Lemon Yellow (D.S.)... I wanted to have some yellow to "glow" through all the other colors..</div>
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I need to finish this one... but I enjoyed working on it. The "frilly bits" and "crinkles" still are troublesome.</div>
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It's SPRING!!! Well, kind of... never mind we might be getting snow this weekend! My tulips are popping up and making me so happy! I've been nervous to try frilly tulips because of all the crinkles and folds, etc. But I'm hoping to learn more and more with each study so here I go:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adding brighter Lemon Yellows to the right hand side and different orangish mixes....Now, I use Cerulean Blue on the outer left side petals and then start adding some green mixes...I make sure my brush strokes follow along the natural angles of the petals to maybe help with the visual texture of the "streaks" of various hues of greens and blues... (that's the idea anyway)!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> I added more yellows and reddish oranges to the inner petals.....some darker blues and more greens to the outer petals...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here I added much deeper greens and some Quin Magenta on the outter most petal on the right hand side.... I also added some deeper details trying to focus on the "crinkles" and folds.... I'm still trying to figure that out. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like the much darker blues and greens. In the photo I was painting by the stem is this dark but I know better and shouldn't have painted it that dark. Too late at night and not thinking! The top half petals I haven't finished with detail work but got excited to start on a Parrot Tulip! I'll come back to this one day and finish it up....</td></tr>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-55872993955185552992018-02-05T15:28:00.003-08:002018-02-05T15:28:57.425-08:00ECHINACEA study....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Echinaceas are such interesting flowers.... I never realized how many varieties there are until the past couple of years, The most common one is a purple but then there is also pink, orange, red and even "double" varieties that are soooo pretty! I've kept seeds from all the many ones I grew last year and hope to have them come up all over the garden! Everywhere would be just fine with me!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm blocking in the warmer and cooler long shapes. Enlarging the photo of the petal helps me to see shapes of colors instead of "crinkles" or "folds" that seem to scare me off....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The color mixes turned out okay but I still haven't gotten the jest of making the valleys and folds in each petal. I know what I want to do but when I put brush to paper my passionate and desperate thoughts don't translate..... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On an interesting note,... I enjoy seeing other artist's growth in how they progress with their paintings. Looking back last night I found the study of an Echinacea I painted about a year and half ago. I had loved the colors of the one on top.... but I can see a difference in details of the newest one. I remember Anna Mason (online teacher) mentioned that if you keep looking and painting one day you'll really begin to "see" more.... more details, more colors, just the flower more in all it's beauty to recreate! It's truly amazing the feeling when I realized I she is right!</td></tr>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-82139853721675052872018-02-05T14:57:00.000-08:002018-08-27T12:47:16.550-07:00SALVIA STUDY....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Salvias are lovely, intricate blossomed flowers and some are even perennial in my garden! Bees and hummingbirds really enjoy the tiny little openings of each bloom. At this point in my studies I decided I need to stop just painting and going with the flow and just hoping I might pick up on something new.... which has been working okay! But now is the time to focus on certain aspects of a flower or certain techniques. Like "crinkles" and "folds".... I wanted to show the "circles" on the bracts (I think they are called).... Why not try some masking fluid? So that's technically a "new" "technique"..... </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't for the life of me remember the name of this salvia but I brought it inside to overwinter in my sunroom (along with several hundreds of other plants....) All was going well until last month's extreme cold and all the plants in the room FROZE TO DEATH and my heart cried out in such sorrow.... many plants were so important to me. Some I got from my Grannie's garden after she passed. Beautiful, blooming geraniums, mandivillia , fuchsias and passion flowers, etc..... gone. I'm still sick over it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(very yellow bulb I have now switched out.... made for terrible photos and probably not very accurate color mixing... hem, that might explain a few things!) I have such a time with wanting to draw in every little shape and line that makes up for the different areas of lighter and darker parts. Does everyone else also do this or do you "wing it" or "eyeball" where the different areas change color? Am I making any sense? Probably not!</td></tr>
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Got rid of that yellow light bulb! I just love this darker purple mix with the little dots I had saved by using masking fluid. Permanent Rose with Indanthrene Blue and then "Ruby Red" with Ultramarine Blue (both by RedWoood Willow).... gorgeous deep colors! I'm not completely satisfied with how this turned out.... And I'm thinking the "crinkles" and "indentions" would look more accurate if I choose color mixes that are closer together instead of such extreme differences in tone (is that even the correct word)? The Copic marker theory in choosing the colors for a "painting" really makes sense...<a href="https://www.copicmarker.com/blogs/copic/the-copic-color-system-explained">https://www.copicmarker.com/blogs/copic/the-copic-color-system-explained</a></div>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-81803166871907049792018-02-05T13:59:00.003-08:002018-02-05T13:59:37.343-08:00CARNATION STUDY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I found some beautiful flowers at Walmart (probably gearing up for Valentine's Day) which included this very pretty carnation. I fell in love with the stripey red marks..... I kept the bouquet on my table where I paint. From where I sat I could see the undersides of the blooms and I just thought they were really interesting. This is also the time I decided to work more on color charts....</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stripey red parts were interesting to paint. It took a little bit to find the perfect colors for that part....and I ended up just using "Ruby Red" by RedWood Willow. Its a beautiful darker red.</td></tr>
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*I see now how "yellowish" one of the bulbs in my lamps are..... what a difference between the photos! <br />
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-80846532974012228652018-01-18T08:46:00.000-08:002018-01-18T08:52:09.516-08:00A frustrating study on purples for an IRIS....<br />
Never have I yet to have had such a time with a study as I did with this little purple iris! The main problem was trying to find the perfect bluish/purple (and especially to show the light shining through the top petal).... The search for the perfect purple led me on mission that involved color theory books, asking the experts on FaceBook Botanical groups and a lot of mixing and playing with colors...<br />
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Deciding I needed to figure out which blues of mine are "warm" and which are "cool",.... I did a color chart so I'll know for the future. This will be very helpful in mixing purples because I learned the only way to get the really bright brilliant purples I was needing is to mix reds and purples that are close together on the color wheel (perfect example is Ultramarine Blue and Quinacridone Magenta makes the prettiest brightest purples)... <br />
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(WARMER blues on the left and COOLER blues on the right)</div>
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WARM BLUES: Winsor Blue Red Shade (W+N), Cobalt Blue (Daniel Smith), Cobalt Blue Deep (W+N), Prussian Blue (W+N), French Ultramarine Blue (W+N), Ultramarine Blue (D.S.), Ultramarine Blue Deep (MaimeriBlu), Ultramarine Blue Light (M.B.) and Ultramarine Blue (QOR)</div>
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COOL BLUES: Cobalt Turquoise (W+N), Cerulean Blue (M.B.), Cerulean Blue Chromium (D.S.), Cerulean Blue (W+N), small swatch of Cerulean Blue (QOR) I got after I already started this chart but I wanted to show the cerulean blues all together for comparison, Windsor Blue Green Shade (W+N), Idanthrene Blue (W+N), Manganese Blue Hue (W+N), Manganese Blue (Holbein), Primary Blue Cyan (M.B.), Phthalo Blue Green Shade (QOR) small swatch for comparison again, Phthalo Blue Green Shade (D.S.), Ultramarine Blue Green Shade (W+N), Cerulean Blue (QOR), Phthalo Blue Green Shade (QOR), and Cobalt Teal (QOR) which might be more green but I thought it looked blue to me.</div>
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This is advice from FaceBook by LEE ANGOLD: "Which colors to mix depends on the vibrancy you are looking to achieve. Think of colours as a spectrum, and to mix vibrant colours mix those closer together, or further apart if you want muted versions. So for example to mix a vibrant violet color, you would want to mix a blue that is bright and very close to a violet (such as Ultramarine) with a red/magenta that is very close to a violet (such as Quinacridone Magenta). To mix a very muted greyed out violet, mix a very greenish blue (such as Cobalt Turquoise) with a very orangey red (such as Cadmium Red Light or Winsor Red). If you mix a violet-ish red with a very greenish blue, you will get a slightly muted but more cool-toned violet...etc".<br />
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...and talking about purples, Jane Blundell (highly, highly recommend every watercolor artist to browse her site) here is some <a href="https://www.janeblundellart.com/purple-watercolour-swatches.html">purple swatches she's painted.</a><br />
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Many on the Botanical Artists FaceBook group recommend Michael Cox's book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Yellow-Dont-Make-Green/dp/B006LNK5DW/ref=pd_sbs_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B006LNK5DW&pd_rd_r=5JG95Y2WK16RZVQTQTW9&pd_rd_w=0Z53V&pd_rd_wg=ZkTzT&psc=1&refRID=5JG95Y2WK16RZVQTQTW9">Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green</a>. I have it and a few other books on color. This one is wonderful but I only glanced through it. It'll take some concentration on my part to really get the grasp of this book. <br />
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I was asked what my color mixes are so here we go, hopefully it's not too confusing!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From top to bottom: Transparent Yellow (W+N) + Winsor Blue Red Shade, then add that along with Cerulean Blue (D.S.) + Ultramarine Blue (D.S.) in mix two, third from top I just added even more Ultramarine Blue (D.S.) to make the mix darker, fourth mix is mix number two and I add Ultramarine Violet, fifth mix is a totally separate mix and is Cerulean Blue (D.S.) + Ultramarine Blue Green Shade (I learned the green shade is not as granulating as the regular Ultramarine Blue!) and the last mix is a tad of Quinacridone Opera (Holbein) added <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s8VeHIvecZ4/WmDFiNSAS4I/AAAAAAAABVc/Sh2bsgPKcq4XKyq3QFlHSkYTjcbSGr3lwCEwYBhgL/s1600/20180116100550_IMG_1871.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s8VeHIvecZ4/WmDFiNSAS4I/AAAAAAAABVc/Sh2bsgPKcq4XKyq3QFlHSkYTjcbSGr3lwCEwYBhgL/s640/20180116100550_IMG_1871.PNG" style="cursor: move;" width="358" /></a></td></tr>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-55313178507458128232018-01-13T09:38:00.000-08:002018-01-18T08:49:55.507-08:00FOUND A GREAT WATERCOLOR BLOG!Well, I'm truly aggravated right now! For two evenings I've been trying to find the perfect purple/blue for an iris I want to do a study on as it opens up! It's made me realize I need to do more color charts! I'm write more about this after while but in searching for help on mixing purples I found this great blog. Lots of information and seems like a cool person!<br />
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<a href="http://watercolormisfit.com/category/read/">SCRATCHMADE JOURNAL</a><br />
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She had a wonderful tutorial on how to do your own color chart (there are a gazzilion YouTube videos on how to but I like hers and she has a link to download a color chart to get you started...)<br />
<a href="https://www.scratchmadejournal.com/blog/creating-watercolor-mixing-chart-plus-printable">HOW TO DO YOUR OWN WATERCOLOR MIXING CHART</a><br />
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And I'll be back......Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-36557037511985488622018-01-05T13:41:00.001-08:002018-01-05T13:43:02.298-08:00FINAL STUDY OF 2017 OF A BEAUTIFUL DAHLIA!!!!<div>
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This DAHLIA is a beauty! Drawing all the many petals becomes very zen like.... I think of nothing else other than where each line meets the next and the complete focus it takes to not get lost amongst all those petals! It's a joy! And then comes the figuring out the color mixes part... which can take as long as the drawing part of the process. It's also one of the parts where I tend to learn the most.... and usually when I ask for advice from the experts in Botanical groups on facebook! Thank goodness everyone is so willing to help....<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bHixZjf3e8U/Wk_rFIbMnxI/AAAAAAAABUw/Padd7RsvDDsyEQsBXl8aVfvvx9o-hnY1gCLcBGAs/s1600/20171228190204_IMG_1442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bHixZjf3e8U/Wk_rFIbMnxI/AAAAAAAABUw/Padd7RsvDDsyEQsBXl8aVfvvx9o-hnY1gCLcBGAs/s640/20171228190204_IMG_1442.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a><br />
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This is the last study for 2017.... I felt the year ended on a wonderful note..... I've learned such a great deal this year and have grown with each study. I hope to continue learning.... and growing..... and enjoying this life!<br />
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Impatients or "Touch-me-nots" are a garden favorite and one my Granny always had growing. I remember she asking us not to touch the flowers or better yet the "seedpods". Of course as soon as she'd turn away we'd sneak a little finger touch on one of the pods and they would 'EXPLODE"! Seeds going everywhere (anywhere but in her seed packets to save for next year)! I think payback happened this year as I tried to very carefully collect my own seeds from this HIMILAYAN IMPATIENT that I bought from Annie's Annuals. I had never heard of it before but was really impressed with it. It grew up as tall as I am and stunning purple blossoms all over it. I'm looking forward to painting it as soon as I get the NERVE! Collecting the seeds was a challenge as they flew all over the deck and down the cracks! <br />
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A big thing happened with this study..... it's the first study I painted on Stonehenge hotpress paper. Like I mentioned on the Columbine post.... I am in love with this paper! Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-34416576852447732032017-12-27T14:19:00.001-08:002017-12-27T14:19:55.227-08:00COLUMBINE STUDY ON STONEHENGE HOTPRESS WATERCOLOR PAPER.....Mom gave me seeds from one of her many Columbines and I planted them late in the fall 2016.... come Spring of this year I had these gorgeous blooms brightening up my shady spots. This one is a very compact, tightly formed blossom. Noting the pale greenish petals with slightly pinkish tips I fell in love! (If anyone would like any seeds leave me a message, I've been sharing them with seed traders on FaceBook)....<br />
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And I'm VERY EXCITED about the paper I painted this study on.... I've tried every hot press watercolor paper I can find and was pretty content with Canson's HERITAGE paper. It was helpful with drybrush work (which I find tricky still yet) but the only problem I had was it's difficult to get a crisp, straight edge. But then I learned about STONEHENGE papers which is even made in the USA (awesome!)..... It was a little more expensive but comes in a longer size than other papers I usually buy. Let me tell you,.... i'm in LOVE with STONEHENGE! This paper is incredible (for me at least). It's so smooth and slick. Drawing on it is a dream and it erases so much easier than other papers. "Lifting off" the paint is so much easier on this paper than the others I have tried. I highly suggest any artist still searching for their "perfect" paper to try this brand. <br />
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-35104850878665410582017-12-27T13:56:00.001-08:002017-12-27T14:20:38.789-08:00JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUM This Japanese Chrysanthemum was purchased last year at my local Food Lion Grocery store (all of a sudden they began carrying more and more interesting flowers... including a Mendivilla which was only $25.00. Usually they sell for around $40 on Logee's website). Unfortunately, the plant didn't survive the overwintering indoors and I haven't been able to find any chrysanthemums that look anything like this one. Note: I did find some 'Spider Chrysanthemum" seeds on eBay from overseas and amazingly enough, some have already sprouted under grow lights!!!!<br />
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I've been eyeing the photos I took and finally got the nerve to begin the drawing. The bright, almost neon colors stumped me so I decided to ask on the Botanical Artists FaceBook group for suggestions. <br />
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Botanical Artists from FaceBook group suggestions on help with color mixes....</div>
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Kathryn Macdonald: "...in the photo I see warmer yellows/pinks where the pink is reflected onto the underneath of the petals above it."</div>
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Kathe Lewis: "I just made a similar neon green with Winsor Lemon PY175 and Winsor green (blue shade) PG7. The complimentary color to greenish yellow is red violet, so I would try using some of what you have in the petals for shadows, perhaps with a tiny dab of blue as well.</div>
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Dianne Sutherland: "Lemon Yellow Nickel plus Manganese Blue for the main yellow and Winsor Lemon plus Winsor Blue (green shade) for the neon yellow." *which is the colors I went with. She's perfect on which mixes to use on each flower!</div>
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And while I'm at it.... I highly recommend Dianne's online botanical art classes....<a href="http://www.botanicalart-online.com/">Dianne Sutherland's website for her classes</a>!</div>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-10650942358250448422017-12-27T13:14:00.001-08:002017-12-27T14:21:35.108-08:00SECOND GO ROUND FOR MY PURPLE SALVIA... THE "CRINKLES"....Deciding I need to work more on "crinkles",.. I revisited the previous purple SALVIA study I worked on many months ago. I drew this on a different paper than the Stillman and Burn sketchbook I had painted the first one on. Also, this time I painted the study by looking at a photo on my iPhone instead of the iPad because the IPad seems to show much duller colors than in real life (the iPhone photo is a brighter and pinkier purple). <br />
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It still isn't finished but you can tell the uppermost and middle parts are more complete. The further along I painted the better I felt about the study. I decided to stop where I was and leave it to come back at a later date. I want to practice and try to learn more my own techniques for "crinkles".... The biggest thing I have to remind myself is to paint the "negative" space around the raised "crinkly parts" instead of the actual crinkle itself... Some people this comes so natural and easy to.... I WILL get it! And my paintings will be SO much better once I do! I think I can, I think I can.....!!!<br />
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(The "crinkles" I have problems with...)</div>
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I asked the Botanical Artists on FaceBook how they would handle painting these crinkles.... I got some great suggestions.</div>
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Jackie Isard: "Thinnish stroke with a quick graduated wash out."</div>
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Sue McDonough: " ....on hot press heavy watercolor paper with non-staining watercolors, I'll go a bit heavier with pigment, then as it's set and drying, use a small squared-off flat brush to push the pigment to one side clearing a light area and pilling pigment alongside it to form veins or shadows. If you work one segment of a flower like this at a time instead of the whole blossom at once, it also helps convey crinkles; same with leaf segments."</div>
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Dan Mooney: "I usually paint the line on and then very quickly blend one side away with water."</div>
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Lauren Lentini: "... I would suggest trying to lay down your crinkle line first then gently glazing over the area after it's very dry - because I think your effect would translate more naturally that way versus painting it on top of the base layer; as you described, getting a drawn on look."</div>
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Shirley-Ann Dick: "Layer your wet and dry layers. A gently applied wash of pristine water will soften your brush strokes. That's how I managed the dry wrinkly layers on the onion."</div>
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Vicki Thomas;" I find that if you dampen the area close to the highlight you can then stroke on to dry paper the darker tone and as it approaches the damp area it will naturally blend so you can get graduated tonal values."</div>
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Everyone gives such amazing advice and so open to helping a complete stranger! I guess we are all in the trenches together! I can't wait to one day be able to help another artist!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(I'm leaving the study as it is, for now.... to come back to it one day after more practice on those pesky "crinkles")</td></tr>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-2416933771417832152017-12-04T14:24:00.001-08:002017-12-04T14:34:46.149-08:00TULIP POPPIESPoppies are a big time favorite of mine and have been for years. Which bums me out that I have the worst luck growing them from seeds! I've bought so many different packs of seeds from different varieties and online nurseries... I must be doing something wrong! This coming spring will be the "year of the poppies" in my garden. I'm determined to have them everywhere!!!!<br />
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Luckily, though, this past spring my local nursery had one "Tulip" variety as an annual and as soon as I saw them I snatched up almost all of the two trays! And it's crazy, but I had so many plants to plant that I procrastinated and just kept them in their little 4 inch pots for weeks. Finally, I planted about half of the poppies in various locations in the garden hoping to let them go to seed and come up where ever they might find it happiest next year. I planted the other half several weeks later. It's crazy the difference in growth between the two sets!!! The ones first in the ground ended up as tall as I am with several stalks and many blooms that were as big as my hand and GORGEOUS!!!! The ones that were planted much later appeared almost "stunted" in growth. They grew very little, not even a foot compared to about five feet from the first set! They still bloomed but the blossoms were as small as a walnut (which was really rather adorable)! Both sets went to seed and I saved thousands of seeds. If anyone wants any just message me and I'll be happy to share! ..... the moral of this story is plants like being in the ground or at least not being pot bound!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Oriental Poppy from a garden I visited last spring.... I fell in love with these instantly!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Oriental Poppy I bought from <a href="http://www.anniesannuals.com/">ANNIE'S ANNUALS</a>.... she has an amazing variety of plants (especially poppies but you better order them by April or she gets sold out very quickly)... I saved seeds from each of the nine or so plants I bought and grew... they are so amazing in the colors and shapes. Some are frilly, some are so crinkly.... and they have the best karma in their catalog!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting in my Stillman and Burn mixed media sketchbook.... The first step is always laying down a base layer or light wash over the entire flower. I do that to map out where everything is and what main colors go where. Usually this is when I also do a wash of yellows or blues if I need to add warmth or coolness to certain areas (especially for leaves)...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adding deeper and deeper colors. I try to use "negative painting" to paint where the crinkles "aren't" instead of painting the actual crinkle itself. Does that make sense? Maybe it's confusing even to my brain because I'm not sure if I accomplished as correctly as I'd like to all the crinkly bits.....</td></tr>
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The center was faint in the photograph which led me to a not so great center in my painting. Common sense would have led to the idea of looking at other photos for better viewing or to actually look at the plant in real life but it wasn't blooming at the time and I just didn't think to look at other photos! </div>
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NOTE: I've mentioned it before but as a reminder.... <a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=anna+mason+poppy&view=detail&mid=CE89464BEA39CD4F3EB0CE89464BEA39CD4F3EB0&FORM=VIRE">ANNA MASON </a> has a stunning poppy tutorial that I need to rewatch!</div>
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<a href="https://sketchbooksquirrel.com/gallery/may-poppy/">SKETCHBOOK SQUIRREL - JARNIE GOODWIN</a> has a gorgeous poppy tutorial as well! If I'd rewatch and study both of these wonderful tutorials then I shouldn't have any excuses on not painting this beautifully! </div>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-79588853280945747792017-12-04T13:50:00.000-08:002017-12-04T13:50:31.132-08:00Orange ZINNIAZinnias are absolutely one of my favorite flowers.... This orange one excited me because I haven't painted many orange flowers yet and was needing a break from pinkish purplish flowers that I seem to keep painting! I've saved seeds from this year's Zinnias and would be happy to share if anyone wants to message me their address! <br />
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As usual, I paint a base layer all over to map out where each petal is. Then slowly build up more colors and deeper hues. <br />
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Then I start working on the center parts which still confuse me and I'm not sure how to properly paint the center to accurately replicate (best I can) the weird texture. I feel like I want to draw every little squiggle... but it's not reasonable to do that. So should I just use brushstrokes to "draw" or paint the little bits? I don't know. But I'll keep trying!<br />
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-37524849111324947192017-12-04T12:58:00.002-08:002017-12-04T14:24:38.895-08:00WHITE DAHLIAMy DAHLIAS this year were stunning! Blooming from July (thanks to a two month early start growing then indoors in pots) all the way to first frost end of October! That made for extraordinary blossoms and gazillions of photos for reference material. I'll be painting dahlias all winter long! <br />
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This one caught my eye because I knew the white petals would be a little challenging to reproduce subtly and I loved the bright details on the end of each petal. This was very enjoyable to paint and taught lessons in very light shadows.<br />
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As always, I painted a light base layer to map out where everything is. It helps me not to get as lost when looking at individual petals.. I can see the "whole picture" easier with some color in it! The very light shadows were painted using several mixes of "Botanical Gray" (which in this case was Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue) plus other colors on the palette.... like "Botanical Gray" plus Lemon Yellow, or Sap Green, or Permanent Rose and even Cobalt Violet. Just depended upon where I perceived "warmer" or "cooler" areas.... and it made this more, I believe, than just a plain gray painted all over. I added warmth to the center where there is yellow on each petal.<br />
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Deepening colors by adding more layers and adding the bright purplish ends to the petals makes the bloom really stand out. <br />
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I just mapped out some of the green and didn't go further with that area. There's things I'd like to change and do better but this was a nice learning experience for painting a white flower. Of course, a completely plain white flower will be more difficult because there isn't as many colors to help the petals stand out from the paper.... I'll work on that down the road! <br />
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I dug up probably a hundred dahlia roots to store and overwinter! Hopefully they'll survive long enough for me to plant them in pots in a few months to force them into growth for next years blooms and paintings!!!!<br />
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I don't know what I was waiting on to post about this.... the vibrant purples in this flower and the little "horn" looking areas just blew me away. Never would I have ever truly seen those parts of the blossom if I hadn't been studying it to draw it. It's amazing what (at least I haven't) noticed about the intricacies of flowers ... I see the "whole" flower and think "aw, that's pretty". But now that I paint them, I truly SEE them and all the little special bits and think, "damn, that's incredible"!</div>
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Last November, Anna Mason chose my study for the "Painting of the Month"... I couldn't believe it! Her classes are magical and she is such an inspiration being self-taught. And now she's teaching thousands of budding artists that they have it inside them to paint beautifully. I highly recommend taking her classes and the artists are so encouraging and it's a wonderfully positive atmosphere in the chat areas. Go there, learn and grow! <a href="https://www.annamasonart.com/">Anna Mason</a></div>
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452529068314524608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670443197818547073.post-60707870547478901202017-11-22T06:39:00.000-08:002017-11-22T07:34:53.876-08:00Red Cardnial FlowerThe Cardinal Flower is probably one of the "reddest flowers I've come across. I found it while fishing along our little streams in Virginia. This year I found a place where they were ALL over the banks!!!! They like "boggy" areas which means it likes it's roots in the mud. I've come back from fishing with not a fish one but an arm load of these and a blue variety (and anything else that looks like it might develop a bloom on it!). <br />
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"Fishing" it out of the icky mud proved to be the easiest part of this venture... Drawing the intricate little petals was quite enjoyable... but then came the two day process of figuring out which reds to use to recreate those "candy apple red" blossoms. After trying EVERY red I own, I went to Facebook to ask for advice from the experts. <br />
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I first lay down a wash of lemon yellow in the "warmer" areas and some Manganese Blue for the "cooler" areas. One big suggestion given by the botanical artist in the Facebook group was to lay a wash of bright yellow under what will be the red blooms. It will give a warm "glow" when parts are allowed to show through and will brighten the reds when layed down. <br />
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Now, I have mostly a layer of red all over....For the top (unopened petals) I used Quin. Red because they looked a little more "pinkish" than the bottom brighter petals. Then I added a mix of Permanent Rose plus Antrhraquinoid Red (Daniel Smith) over the back petals. Those didn't have the yellow wash because they were towards the back and "cooler" than those petals towards the front. You can tell they don't have that "glow" as the ones with the yellow wash. A good lesson learned.<br />
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I ended up using Scarlet Lake plus Permanent Rose and Permanent Red (Daniel Smith) plus Permanent Rose all varying the individual hues in each mix to fix my needs....Permanent Red (Daniel Smith) is one of the paints I bought just to try for this study. It's a GORGEOUS color! So bright (probably the brightest red I found) and very strong! A little goes a LONG way!<br />
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And here it is after many layers, It was suggested to not use many grays for the shading, instead to use a "bluer/cooler" red... I added Alizarin Crimson to the red mixes for shading and it worked well. But, I also ended up adding in "Botanical Gray" (Ultramarine Blue plus Light Red) mixed in with the red mixes for some shading... just couldn't help myself. <br />
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