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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Yes ... I'm Curious, Too!!!

I left off here ...

I decided to go bold and purple.

I'm doing a lot of w/w washes, not using masking.

Now I am here. I think the next step will be to do some w/w with aureolin on the leaves, before moving into the greens.

I actually did a color swatch. The left is  quin. violet + aureolin + phthalo green. The right is quin. violet + aureolin + phthalo +  indanthrone blue.

I really don't quite know what the finished colors will look like - part of the intrigue of watercolor. The woman for whom I am painting this [ a very sweet dentist with whom I occasionally work] loves her blues, violets and greys. I'm hoping she doesn't find the yellow iris too jarring.

10 comments:

  1. I applause for the magenta-purple move! It will work beautifully with the yellow flower, since the two are near-complementary. It's a deviation from reference and a usage of your artistic license, a deliberate choice -- that's exactly why it's so great!

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  2. Wow! Kathryn..this is going to be so beautiful! I can't wait to see this finished!! She will be very happy with this.

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  3. This will be spectacular- I just know it!
    love
    tweedles

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  4. can't keep up with you katharyn ! ..the flower looks beautiful already .

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  5. I just love your going wild with the purple, it really looks good with the yellow flower, wonderful color combination. So much looking forward to seeing this done! Have a nice sunday Kathryn, we have sunshine and mild temperatures, so nice :-)) Hugs!

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  6. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the colours! It sings of summer! Uplifting! :L0)

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  7. Wow! What a background. Absolutely love it :) xx

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  8. The violet is going to make the yellow sing--you'll probably have to put a dash of it in the leaves to tie it all together. I can't wait to see what you will do.

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  9. I have complete faith in you, Kathryn...your friend will love this!

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  10. This is looking great, I am very interested in what colour you do pick for the leaves, they both have interesting qualities.

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