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| A detailed drawing, with all my scribbled notes [probably phone numbers and to-do lists, too] |
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| I may have posted this earlier. This is the second attempt to get the color and darkness I want in the background - about eight w/w washes ... |
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| Using indanthrone, quin. pink and aureole to get flower colors; phthalo green, gold and burnt orange for the leaves and stem. |
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| More glazes - starting to look like hollyhocks. |
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| This is where my brain is balking. I "see" yellow and shadows, but somehow cannot make myself paint those shadows dark enough to look real - give the petals depth, form, curvature. A yellow hollyhock should not be blue! ARRGHHHHH!!! Looks like it's time for guts, "damn the torpedoes", whatever. To be continued Thank you all so much for dropping by! |
Shadows in yellow are notoriously hard! Maybe a shade of green or a more reddish colour? The background is fabulous! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful Kathryn. I can't wait to see this finished. And I love the dark background!!!!
ReplyDeleteEvery time we come to look.. we see magic. You bring the paper to life, and color,, and its beautful!
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I'm still in love with that background. I think it was Julie Ford Oliver that told me that the better you got at painting the harder it became. I mean, you're a very accomplished and talented painter ... look forward to see how this comes out, did you get over the problems ... or ... did the torpedoes hit?
ReplyDeleteyeah some kind of red might help in the shadows or a bit of orange to try to darken the shadows? shadows in watercolour can be such a pain to get right
ReplyDeleteGee, the hollyhocks are looking absolutely gorgeous to us!
ReplyDeleteLove the beautyful geen colours!
ReplyDeleteExquisite, Kathryn, so gorgeous. You captured the grace of this perfectly, love to you.Diana
ReplyDeleteDear Kathryn - you always know the solution for getting everything perfect. These are no exception. Hollyhocks are such a favorite flower of mine. I love to watch the hummingbirds sip their sweet nectar. Good reminder that winter will pass and soon these beautiful flowers will be brightening up the garden. Have a great week. Hugs!
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