This watercolor completed in late 2011 for new greeting card. I used three primary transparent watercolor pigments for the blossoms, cobalt blue, Quinacridone Rose (Daniel Smith) and Aureolin Yellow. To get the darker shades, I layered over dry paint as many as 4 or 5 times. In the shadowed part of the blossoms, I sometimes dotted in blue, and rose paint and let it mix on the paper.
For the leaves I underpainted with Aureolin Yellow, then mixed Sap Green with Yellow, or Cobalt Blue. For darker greens, I used the sap with rose or with a rose and blue mixture (lavender). The background was painted wet into wet with cobalt blue, yellow and sap green. The background pigments were brushed in with thick and juicy paint. I painted arount the leaves (did not mask them).
To view the inside of the note card just Google Pacific Northwest Watercolors and click on "greeting cards".
Sunday, June 24, 2012
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