I'm FREE

I'm FREE

Friday, September 20, 2013

The Rose on Fabriano Continues ...

Here are the results of two W/W washes of dropped in color - quin. rose and aureolin.

I then went into the greens, a mixture of phthalo blue and quin. burnt orange.

 I did a second W/W wash with the same mixture.

At this stage, I can see that it will need a lot more of the dark green, as well as colors to intensify the rose petals. I worked on it a bit last night, but stopped when I found myself becoming impatient. I had a strong urge to mask the rose, and dump on the dark green.
I was hoping to finish yesterday, but thankfully checked my inner voice - the one saying "let's get it done NOW".  And as I am working for the next two days, I thought I would post the progress today.

Thank you for dropping by, and your comments are most welcome!

11 comments:

  1. It's lovely, Do you like the Fabriano? HP? CP? I've got some HP in Fabriano and I do like it. I usually use Arches Cp thou. Always so nice to see what you are painting.love,Diana

    ReplyDelete
  2. This is looking good. Always best to stop and not give in to impatience.

    ReplyDelete
  3. You have a nasty inner voice, Kathryn!!!! LOL
    These are SO beautiful! Gorgeous greens!!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. So beautiful , the rose starts popping :-)) Have a nice weekend. xx

    ReplyDelete
  5. It is so delicate and lovely Kathryn. I really like the background as it is. Something about the shapes make it look like a blurry photo that is gorgeous. And don't you hate it when you add a dark background and then everything else feels like it needs another layer?! I sure do. ;)

    ReplyDelete
  6. It is beautiful and really stands forward from the background. Gorgeous! :0)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Your leaves leap out at me Kathryn and they are so realistic ... this is wonderful work! :)

    ReplyDelete
  8. i am astounded by your work! it's luminous!! such an incredible feeling of solid ethereal luminousity!! if that makes any sense. LOVE this!!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Hi Kathryn:) How beautiful. The leaves just shining! The background is perfectly with the rose. Very well done! xx

    ReplyDelete
  10. I am amazed at how this lovely rose stands out against the background. Its so dimensional and I just love it!

    ReplyDelete
  11. oh gosh!!! this painting gets my special word "spledorious"
    total amazing!
    love
    tweedles

    ReplyDelete