Step Demonstration of Roses, Still Life
Tree Dahlias from the garden !
With a love for these roses, "Desert Glow", I wanted to depict them simply using colour to show light and shade.
My thought process questions how I wish to paint the subject:
I wish to draw the position and angle of the flowers without detail. The aim is to let the paint show light and shade.
1. Using 300g Saunders Waterford NOT high white half sheet, prepare the drawing with a 2B pencil and paint the first wash of soft under colour using light pink and yellow tones. Allow this wash to dry completely. Once dry, turn the paper over and begin to saturate the back of the paper with clear water until the paper is soft and pliable to touch. This may take 15mts. or longer. Turn the soaked paper over on to your board and using a town flat on top, gently rub the towel to dry the top of the paper using hand movements from the centre outwards. secure your paper at four corners with masking tape.
2. This next step involved adding Ultramaring Deep and Nickle Quinacridone to paint negatively bringing out leaf shapes from the background and main flower shapes.
More colour was added to the flowers.
Original Watercolour by Antoinette Blyth ©
More colour was added to the flowers.
Original Watercolour by Antoinette Blyth ©
3. Warmer tones are added to the flowers and more turquoise added to the shadow side of the vase.
A candle was hinted at to achieve a balance of colour to the bottom right of the painting.
Original Watercolour by Antoinette Blyth ©
A candle was hinted at to achieve a balance of colour to the bottom right of the painting.
Original Watercolour by Antoinette Blyth ©
4. By now the paper was starting to dry out. It was time to add stronger pigment to complete the effect.
The work had an emotional feeling of delicacy and space by not filling up all the paper with detail.
Original Watercolour by Antoinette Blyth ©
The work had an emotional feeling of delicacy and space by not filling up all the paper with detail.
Original Watercolour by Antoinette Blyth ©
