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Doris Joa Artstudio
I have started with the
painting.
At first you see a photo of the drawing, but sorry, it is not so very good to
see good details.
At first I wanted to do a square format, but I did not really like it, so I
changed the composition and now it will be a high format.
There are several larger roses, some buds and leaves.
I also have decided for my palette. I am using:
Naples Yellow (Winsor & Newton)
Indian Yellow (Schmincke)
Translucent orange (Schmincke)
Permanent rose (Winsor & Newton)
Alizarin Crimson (Schmincke)
Phthalo blue (Schmincke)
Brillant Purple (Schmincke)
Sap Green (Daniel Smith)
As I mentioned in my earlier post, I do not like to use masking fluid, but in
this painting I will go over all the stamens with the masquepen. It would be
otherwise too complicated to paint around them. I have done small lines, so I am
sure, I will have no hard edges there later, when I have removed the masking
fluid and add the colour there.
The next photo will show you, how I have started with the first rose.
In this rose are areas of white. I do not like the raw white, so I did a very
very fine wash with Naples Yellow over this rose. Then I added some Indian
yellow, where I saw more yellow in this reference photo.
I wanted to have the colours in this rose warm, so the next layers were a mix of
permanent rose and translucent orange. Where it was not so warm, I added to this
mix a bit of brillant purple.
To the areas, which seems to be more cold, I added a mix of brillant purple and
phthalo blue.
So far I like what I have done yet, but there is one area, which I do not really
like. It is this blue area, I am sure you see it, so I will go over it, maybe
try to liften a bit the colour or simply add a touch of my warmer mix. I will
try this carefully out, until I am pleased.
I paint petal for petal and when I am finished with them, I soften the edges. I
am using a flat brush for this, it works perfect.
I hope to do tomorrow more painting. I will work on the stamens later - I
usually do this, when I am in mood for this. At first I will go on with the
other roses and some buds.
In the next step I have painted on two buds and also on some leaves around them.
The buds and leaves are not finished yet, as you will see.
I have start again with underlayers. On the buds I did a very fine wash of
Naples Yellow - but where I saw more yellow I did an underlayer of Indian Yellow
and where necessary I added a bit of Sap Green.
Then I worked with the same colours as also on the large rose - but I tried to
make them a bit more cool (adding a bit more of this brillant purple and/or
phthalo blue).
On the leaves I also started with underlayers. One side of the leaves I did an
underlayer of Indian yellow and on the other side I did an underlayer of phthalo
blue, so I am having a warm and a cool side on this leaves. In the next layer I
added Sap Green. I will work more on the leaves and also add some of my
petal-colour (permanent rose or brillant purple), because the leaves will be
reflected from the roses and also the roses will be reflected from the leaves. I
will also add mixes on the leaves with sap green/ phthalo blue and/or alizarin
crimson to make beautiful darker areas.
