Daily watercolor – Flower Close-up #3 – 11×15 inches flower watercolor painting

Flower close up watercolor painting

Flower close up watercolor painting

This is the final watercolor painting on the #3 flower close-up.  It is done on 11×15 inches arches cold-press watercolor paper.  If you compare this from the previous post, I have added more layers of color on to some areas to make it darker so that the flower will show up more.  Areas around the outside has been darken to have a darker value compare with the center.  Some colors are being lifted by rewetting and was lifted by tissue and brush.  I might do a larger painting on full size paper based on this watercolor painting and will have to use a bigger watercolor brush because of the larger piece of watercolor paper.  Will start off the same with pencil drawing and I hope it will have more impact due to the size of watercolor paper.

Daily watercolor – Flower close up #3 – 11×15 inches flower watercolor painting

Flower close up watercolor painting

Flower close up watercolor painting

The flower cloer up watercolor painting is done using layers of watercolor painting on top of each other when one layer is completely dry.  A variety of pigment is used and gradated wash and wet is wet technique is used through out the painting.  I will leave it for a few days and look at it from a distance before I make any final changes.  I can see that there are shadow details that I can add to create a receeding background and give it more contrast in some areas.  This painting is done on Arches 11×15 inches cold press watercolor paper.