The instructor has a lovely blending technique which is very precise and detailed and took a lot of practice for me. I usually paint much more loosely, so this was a challenge. I feel I really learned a lot about blending and controlling the paint and values.
I do not like how rough the edges of the petals are... it really looks better from a distance and doesn't bear close inspection so well. I used a very toothy cotton paper, and I wonder if hot press paper would give me cleaner edges.
I have my line drawing on a separate sheet of paper which I traced onto my watercolor paper, so I may actually try this again and see if I can improve. It really was a fun project, though it took much longer than I expected.
And just for grins'n'giggles, I used the leftover paint on my palette to try a loose hydrangea with my triangle brush.
It's not very realistic, but it was fun to try. I would have to experiment with it some more to figure this out and improve the technique. I may also try it with an angled shader to get a more "hydrangea-shaped" petal. (Okay, "bract." Technically, hydrangeas don't have petals, to be a little more scientific.)
Woooooowwwww!
ReplyDeleteReally, really great! So much depth of color and contrast with watercolors! Love!!