You could probably count the number of times I've painted (or drawn) flowers in my life on one hand. Trees, mountains, barns, portraits, animals have all found their way to my canvases over and over again, but I've never been much of a flower child (just a hippie). But looky me... I'm paintin' flowers! This IS a good class. I did have to work this painting for a week or so, and couldn't get it right until a class critique session helped me focus on emerging the blossoms by darkening the greens around them, as well as the sky. The values were too similar, nothing popped, so I spent some time tonight putting depth into the painting. My much admired friend, Marian, is masterly at that.
The colors in your painting are beautiful, Elsbeth. The daisies are particularly lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joyce! I ended up cutting off about two inches of the paper on the left, as those daisies weren't so pretty.
DeleteYou have really strengthened the value contrast and now its a rich and interesting painting. Well done!
ReplyDeleteYour critique was so valuable, Catherine, I couldn't see the forest for the daisies... or maybe vice versa! At any rate, thank you!
DeleteWow- this scene does have depth. I would have been too intimidated to try it, but that partly-shaded big flower leaning in, and the varying detail of the grass is just great.
ReplyDeleteI thought this project would be a little ambitious for a beginning watercolor class, but it's great to take on challenges, and it was wonderful to see how different students interpreted their own versions of the subject matter.
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