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Monday, January 2, 2012

Success ... and Not So Much ...

My nit-picking is done. "Full Bloom" is finished, and I like it.

Reference photo from Pat's garden

Working sketch

First, a graded wash of aureolin

I then masked the rose, and probably did about 10 washes of quin. burnt orange mixed with phthalo green [blue shade]

W/w wash on orange part of rose, using aureolin and Holbein brilliant orange [quite a cool orange]

Fro the rose, more of the same, plus quin. siena [warmer]
The leaves and stem are mixes of aureolin, quin. burnt orange and phthalo green [yellow]

All hues painted in, and starting shadows

This is as far as I will take this. I am not thrilled with the colors of the rose, and I think the background is too heavy-looking. [doing my own critiques, too]


I finally found a decent video on painting loosely alla prima. I find Cembranelli's videos not too helpful, in that I have no idea what colors he uses, nor exactly what he is doing with them. This one, by an East Indian artist, was very good in those regards.
As ever, all your comments are most welcome!

12 comments:

  1. I love it, Kathryn!! I like the background ..I don't think its heavy at all...the dark background makes this beautiful flower pop!!

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  2. My first time on your blog. Loved it! I had horses as a teenager and truly miss them. I think you are living my dream life - full time painting and horses. I'll skip the dental hygienist stuff though. Love your rose paintings.

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  3. Well what can I say that I didn't already say...? Just beautiful and perfect! Love this rose! What size brushes do you use ? xx

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  4. Beautiful rose!! I love how smooth your washes turn out. :)

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  5. Oh the rose is gorgeous! I can smell its sweetness too!
    love
    tweedles

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  6. Wow! You're starting the year with a bar set high! Great work xx

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  7. It is simply wonderful, Kathryn! I love it! Brava!

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  8. Beautifully painted. So soft and elegant.

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  9. They are both so beautiful, but Full Bloom is my favorite. That white just glows!!

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  10. Well done Kathryn! I love how you shadow the pedals! You're so good at flowers! And horses.. and dogs.. and tractors.. :)

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  11. Great start for the year. You have really done a good job on that rose and I love the final cropping.

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