I've been playing with this for the past few days, between work-time and horse-time. Above is the finished painting. It will measure 11 x 5 inches when matted. Below is the process, from sketch to last fussy glazes.
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| Initial glazes of aureolin on iris, then mask perimeter, and slop on some very wet washes. Photo taken while still wet. |
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| I have intensified the dark in the background a bit with same colors, and on the iris I've added more yellow, and started to shadow it . For that, I used a very dilute purple/blue glaze. |
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| After 2 washes, I remove the masking fluid. The washes are aureolin, burnt orange and indanthrone blue. |
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| For the stem and bud, I use phthalo green, with burnt gold and burnt orange, and a purple/orange mix for the bud tip. |
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| Just more depth of shadow and hue. I also lift the warmer shadow on the far right petal, and went to grey instead. |
