Sometimes just writing in the blog that I am not painting makes me pick up my brushes again and paint something. I think it's the over-achiever in me that says, get busy, do it! So I did.
Having enjoyed the recent magnolia paintings of Carol Carter, I was thinking of them when I looked through some photos for inspiration and found this photo taken by my Sweetie on a trip down to Paducah, KY. At least, I think that's where it was taken. He takes so many photos, I often am not sure where the photo was taken.
Anyway, I don't want my magnolia to look like Carol's magnolia but I do want to try that lovely lavender color she used (Holbein Lavender) - which, it turns out, was pretty darned close to Cheap Joe's Periwinkle that I already had - who knew?
What struck me about the colors in the photo is that beautiful rich caramel/burnt orange color and I'll try to play that up before I even touch the closed blossom and then will use that Lavender and Quin Burnt Orange on it.
This is on 1/2 sheet Arches cold press and I'm working very wet-in-wet, letting the colors move and flow and do what watercolor does best. I hope to get some good blossoms, too :)
And I have my homework done for Suzanne's online course!
8 comments:
Rhonda,
I love magnolias and Carol's are stunning; I will be following your progress on this one with great interest. You are off to a fabulous start - I love the wet and wet on the petal!
Looking good, Rhonda. Can't wait to see the finished piece. Wonderful choice to paint.
Gorgeous colours Rhonda and when the lavender is added WOW!! Loved your little froggies too - went over to disentangle the 10 ft hollyhock from the climbing rose, stepped into the flower bed and found a little line of tiny frogs running (oops! sorry hopping) away from my big feet!! Love your varied blog posts.
Thanks, Christiane. I hope I can do a good job without too much working the paint and paper!
Carol, thanks!
Joan, thanks so much - I hope the petal will be great when I do it (last - like dessert, waiting for the final bit). Oh, good for you, you have froggies in your yard!!
I checked out the blogs you mentioned yesterday; I can understand why you're back to the brushes. It looks great.
Dear Rhonda,
Your ongoing work impresses me so much. It's interesting to know how you handle a background. Very good. BTW, your new avatar looks so charmingʚ(ˆ◡ˆ)ɞ!!!
Cheers,Sadami
Yay for getting homework done!! This is looking oh so gorgeous! Can't wait to see more...
Hallie, I hope you enjoyed the blog links :) So many wonderful artists on my sidebar, I can't visit as often as I want!
Sadami, you are too kind. That avatar is my Mii from our Wii game! ha ha
Autumn, I always get it done - sometimes too early as I'm raring to go after our online "meeting" and critique! ha ha I'll have more to share on this painting soon.
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