It is said that opposites attract, well same for me in painting in watercolour. My last post I spoke of how I go about painting when some careful drawing is required. Well as a complete opposite this painting has no drawing and not a lot of composition planning.
My initial preparation included:
This type of painting is very rewarding to me, I love the freedom of not having pre planned shapes to paint. Its down side is that not every painting is a winner but the process for me always is.
My initial preparation included:
- Picking a couple of roses- one little bud and one bloom which had already started to wilt.
- Choice of paper and size - I wanted to try and fill a whole sheet and therefore decided it needed to be a bit heavier so went for the 425gsm Saunders Waterford Hot Press.
- I chose my colours which included Cascade Green, Quinacridone Violet, Quinacridone Gold, Permanent Rose and a little Indigo. The added red at the end was Winsor Red.
- With a big leap of faith I started dropping colour in wet into wet and as colours were merging I thought of where I could leave clean or light areas to add some main blooms.
- Whilst the background wash was drying I continued to work adding stronger pigment building up some darks around the blooms.
- When to stop - well this time it was when the sheet of paper was full.
This type of painting is very rewarding to me, I love the freedom of not having pre planned shapes to paint. Its down side is that not every painting is a winner but the process for me always is.
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| With a Touch of Red 76cm x 56cm unframed size |
What a beautiful sight Lorraine! An alla prima creation and I can just imagine the whole scene in that larger size. Congrat
ReplyDeleteLove these roses Lorraine! Your enthusiasm for painting them really comes through.
ReplyDeleteLovely painting and post. Always interesting to read what sparks off that seed of inspiration and commitment to a subject.
ReplyDeleteSo so beautiful, Lorraine. I've never painted whole sheet, still working up the courage.
ReplyDeleteTHIS METHOD OBVIOUSLY WORKS VERY WELL FOR YOU, LORRAINE. I LOVE THIS PAINTING...SO VERY MUCH!
ReplyDeleteWhat a liberating way to paint! Beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's an exciting way to paint. You never know what you are going to get and when it turns out as well as this did, it's very worthwhile. Love the color harmony. I have not had such success with cascade green. Maybe I need to try it again with different colors.
ReplyDeleteDear Lorraine just so soft and lovely. The perfect subject for a free style. Have a great weekend.
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