Roses are red, but I have shied away from painting flowers because they have their own demands. All those petals and subtle colors. But I would like to paint flowers, so I made this painting to practice.
The important thing in flowers in watercolor is to let the colors flow into each other. Let the flower shapes be part of a whole instead of separate, individual flowers. I did this by lightly misting the paper before I began so that the edges softened slightly and merged the flowers.
Another goal for painting flowers is to group them in interesting shapes. Don’t let the bouquet become too symmetrical, but let it have a pleasing shape overall. I’m fairly happy with my roses in this painting, but I would like to have more variety in the greens.
You are an innovator, always trying something new. Bravo! The flowers look lovely, as do the leaves. Good work!
Lovely! Colors and wet-on-wet superb. I will be seeing you all again Wednesdays. I started back into watercolors and left pottery behind