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Orchid watercolor painting – Daily transparent watercolor painting

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Orchid watercolor painting - 15 x 22 inches

I am painting green plants again.  Although orchids are not green, it is a plant.   This  continuing orchid watercolor painting has been done on 15 x22 inches cold press watercolor paper.  Mostly wet in wet wash was used in the flower sepals and petals.  Some dry brush watercolor technique was used in the darker areas of the pollinia.   It was quite interesting when painting any subjuct especially the orchid.   As I study the orchid, I am beginning to know the various part of the plant and as I paint more orchids I hope I can get the feel of the property of the flower.   I think orchids are very fun and delicate plants to paint in transparent watercolor.

Orchid watercolor painting – my daily watercolor

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Orchid watercolor painting - background wash still wet with mask

Done a background watercolor wash with the mask on the orchid.  It is a gradated wash and was done using a mixture of Yellow Ochre and Quinacridone Gold.  It was done in serveral washes when the other one is dry.  I want to try a simple watercolor wash background for this painting.  The key to the gradated wash was to mix more color than you will need for the wash, have a clean bucket of water and use a big flat brush.  Those three things are essential for doing a great watercolor wash.  It is good to use a wide big brush for the wash if your watercolor paper is larger than 15 x 22 inches.  Below is the result with the mask removed.

Orchid painting - Gradated wash and mask removed

Daily Watercolor on green plant – A Green World

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Watercolor painting on green plant - A Green World

Trying to finish this painting with adding more layers of watercolor on to the existing.  I have painted some areas a darker value so as to give more contrast on the watercolor painting.  Still feeling this watercolor painting is not quite finished but I shall put it aside and start with a new one.  I shall come back to this when I look at it for a while to determine what is missing or may be it still needs another layer of watercolor wash in some areas.

Watercolor Daily – A Green World

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Plant photo for watercolor

A sketch on grid 15 x 22 inches paper was the first step for this watercolor painting.  This is a close up I took during a recent visit in the Singapore Botanical Garden whre rare species and orchids bred are cultivated around the world.  I like the light and shade it presents in the photo and decided to do a watercolor painting of it in hslf sheet of cold press watercolor paper.  Photoshop was used to correct the color and cropped to the final size, a print was first made.  Then a full size sketch was made on paper.  The sketch is then transferred to the half sheet watercolor paper using carbon paper between the sketch and the watercolor paper.  Next, I would like complete  a value study on the sketch I made to indicate the value of the final painting.  I would be done in three values and in pencil just to give me an idea of where the values fall into.

Plant drawing on paper