Monday, September 24, 2012

PAINTING SUNFLOWERS: BEHIND-THE-SCENES of WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP

What we learned on Day 2:


1 - Contour drawing from life, and designing the painting as you go, and then adding a frame within a frame, where the petals and leaves spill out over the frame.  Then, adding a wet-in-wet mingling of different yellows within those shapes . . .









2 - Using salt for texture, in the center of the sunflowers, and painting the stems and leaves with cool and warm greens. . .











3 - Creating form within yellow flowers -- & what colors to use to darken yellow (quinacridone gold, 
burnt orange, and even magenta . . . 







4 -- Mixing and painting a transparent dark in the background . . . 











What a fun day -- with 14 beautiful paintings to show for it!










13 comments:

  1. you're an excellent teacher, Pat--your students' work is fabulous!

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    1. Thanks, Laura -- it's always fun to see all the beautiful paintings together at the end of the day!

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  2. What amazing watercolours!! You all should be proud of how well they turned out.

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    1. Thank you -- I think they all were pretty pleased with their paintings, which is always nice for the teacher!

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  3. Querida- seus trabalhos são lindos - parabens

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