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I have worked more on the
leaves, added more depth to them with a mix of alizarin crimson, phthalo blue
and sap green. I also have added more colour here and there to the roses. Also
there are some stems painted. Here I have started with an underlayer of indian
yellow and then I added a wash of sap green and then I added alizarin crimson. I
still have to paint some leaves, then I finally can begin with the stamens and
then adding the background. I love this painting, how it looks yet - hopefully
you also will like this.
This time I have begun with painting the stamens.
This is also the time to introduce some other colours to the palette:
Cadmium Yellow deep, Perm.red orange, Kadmiumorange deep, Burnt Sienna.
In the rose, which is in the Center of Interest, I also wanted to have the
stamens warm and glowing.
In my first layer I used Cadmium Yellow Deep, then I added a mix of Perm.red
orange and Kadmiumorange deep, the next layer was a mix of Perm.red orange,
Burnt Sienna and Ultramarin finest for the shadow areas.
On the other roses I wanted to have the stamens a bit different, because there
they are older, the bloom has nearly reached the end of blooming and the stamens
will be more dark.
Here my first layer was a wash of Naples yellow, I then added Burnt sienna and
then a mix of burnt sienna and Ultramarine finest for the shadow areas. Make
sure, to keep a small highlight on each stamen.
I then have start with a bit work in the background.
In the next picture I show you a small area. Here is what I did:
At first this area was completely white, there was no stem, no leaves ...
nothing.
I did at first an underwash of Indian Yellow. Let it completely dry, before you
touch this area again. My next wash included the colours Sap Green, Alizarin
Crimson, Phthalo Blue and Phthalo Green. I layed the colours in, mixed a bit on
the palette and/or let them mostly mix on the paper. For dark areas I use a mix
of alizarin crimson, phthalo green and phthalo blue. This makes a wonderful
colourful black. Do not use black from a tube, it doesn't sing.
I used more red, when I painted the background beside a green leave, because red
is the complimentary colour of green. And I used more green beside a rose petal.
To suggest a stem I only lifted some of the colour with my brush and voilà it
looks like a stem in the background. That is a great way to suggest things in
the background and you will get soft edges, what is very important.
Of course I still have to check later all my other edges. The edges should be
soft.
Here is another photo about the whole painting. I will go on with this painting
tonight and hopefully post another update.
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