Sunday, May 13, 2012

Clematis


I thought it was time to add a few flowers to my blog, since I do more of them and landscapes than I do the still lifes. I really love the look of close up flowers especially when they have a lot of contrast.  I painted this for my watercolor class , but they did not get to it as a subject to paint, as we were too busy painting apple blossoms. I will post one of those from class as well. The only way to really get the luminous darks is to glaze the color on in layers,  that way you can see various tones coming through each other like stained glass.
It's fun to paint that way, but it takes a lot of time,  and you have to be patient and wait for each layer to dry sufficiently first. 

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