Monday 25 April 2011

Iris

I love painting flowers.  Not the botanical sort, and wow do I applaud the artists who put that amount of work into their art.  For me though I really like filling my brush with paint, in this case my Kolinsky Round No. 10.   I found a great reference photograph on Ann Buckner's  blog  dated Friday April 22nd - do check out her blog it's full of wonderful paintings. 


This is the first wash which I left to dry completely


Then a slightly darker wash
You'll notice that the paint has 'bloomed', no pun intended!
(some call it a cauliflower - personally I quite like the effect)


Of course I can never leave well alone and decided to put a pen outline around the whole flower.  
Anyway,  I quite like this too.


and a close up for good measure.
Quite by chance it looks as though a leaf has grown through a petal -
a complete accident that seems to work 
which shows we should allow the paint to do its thing sometimes.

Thank you Ann for being happy for me to use your photo.



7 comments:

Judy said...

This is the way I like to paint too! Lovely irises!

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Judy.

Bronson Hill Arts said...

The art is creating a vision to share. Photos work fine for perfection.

I love your iris, Ann. It's perfection in itself.

-Barb

Nicole said...

Just yummy! Love the colours, and love the spontaneous feel of the "cauliflower" bits. :) Irises are a favourite flower of mine, and this one is just gorgeous.

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Barb and Nicole for your encouraging comments:)

Ann Buckner said...

You painted it beautifully, Ann. I like the ink you added.

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thank you Ann. Glad you like it.