Camilia - demo

Thought I would add this little demo, luckily I did think ahead and photograph each stage of this painting.  I added it to the Sketchbook Challenge theme this month : Branching Out - Out on a Limb, because I threw paint at it as a final florish.......you know, that scary moment when you think  "should I do this?"  or "don't go there!"

Anyway, this is how it all began

 Clear water on the paper - then Ultramarine Blue

Rose Madder for the petals of the flower, again clear water and let it spread-

I then dropped in a little Olive Green (one of my favourite green's at the moment) 

and tilted the paper to let it run down

I added some stronger pigment to the petals to emphasize them

Having a small amount of rose madder on my brush I added another petal, 

again allowing the paint to run with plenty of water

- why not get gravity to do some of the work -

I then did the same with the ultramarine blue and just let the colours run -

you can see that the blue is making its way into the petal

I really like encouraging paint to go in a particular direction 

but then leaving it to do its own thing

here I softened the blue above the petal 

but felt it still needed something in the way of a hard edge -

I like lost and found edges

and FINALLY

the finished piece where I added more pigment into clear water

and a 'hold my breath' florish where I threw paint at it!!

- Hope you like it -