SWEET MAGNOLIA - STEP 2

Step 2 done - the green leaves, the pod, all of the background and the middle part of the flower.  All that’s left to do is the petals and some reshaping (maybe).  This is a half sheet Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper.  I haven’t painted on a half sheet for a long time so felt like getting back to something bigger than normal (have been doing fourth sheets).

The green/yellow background was done wet-in-wet.  The leaves and pod were done some wet-in-wet and some wet on dry paper to get good crisp edges for the white areas.  

Are you painting or drawing or sewing, knitting, etc.?  In these days where it seems there is nothing but bad news and more COVID-19 cases and deaths, it’s hard to be creative.  But it does help us escape into something beautiful for a while.