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| My nit-picking is done. "Full Bloom" is finished, and I like it. |
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| Reference photo from Pat's garden |
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| Working sketch |
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| First, a graded wash of aureolin |
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| I then masked the rose, and probably did about 10 washes of quin. burnt orange mixed with phthalo green [blue shade] |
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| W/w wash on orange part of rose, using aureolin and Holbein brilliant orange [quite a cool orange] |
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| 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] |
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| All hues painted in, and starting shadows |
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| 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! |
I love it, Kathryn!! I like the background ..I don't think its heavy at all...the dark background makes this beautiful flower pop!!
ReplyDeleteMy 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.
ReplyDeleteLovely - I love roses!
ReplyDeleteWell what can I say that I didn't already say...? Just beautiful and perfect! Love this rose! What size brushes do you use ? xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful rose!! I love how smooth your washes turn out. :)
ReplyDeleteOh the rose is gorgeous! I can smell its sweetness too!
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Wow! You're starting the year with a bar set high! Great work xx
ReplyDeleteIt is simply wonderful, Kathryn! I love it! Brava!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully painted. So soft and elegant.
ReplyDeleteThey are both so beautiful, but Full Bloom is my favorite. That white just glows!!
ReplyDeleteWell done Kathryn! I love how you shadow the pedals! You're so good at flowers! And horses.. and dogs.. and tractors.. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat start for the year. You have really done a good job on that rose and I love the final cropping.
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