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BRUSHES: #14 Large Round and 1/2 " Flat brushes
COLORS: Aureolin Yellow or Cadmium Yellow Light, Sap Green and Thalo(Winsor) Blue.
OBJECTIVE: We will begin to lay some washes of yellow on the flower and paint the stem. Most of these washes will serve as an an underpainting to the rest of the washes. See the Step 2 photo at the bottom of the page.
LET'S BEGIN:
With your large round brush mix a large puddle of Yellow on your palette. Clean the brush and mix a small puddle of Sap Green and a small amount of Thalo Blue. Be careful when using Thalo Blue as it is quite strong and a little paint goes a long way. Dilute with water on your palette if it seems too strong. We only want a hint of blue in this painting.
- Now we will work on the upper stem. Using your large round brush lay a thin layer of yellow down the left sides of all the upper stems and buds. (DO NOT CLEAN YOUR BRUSH) Now pick up a small amount of Sap Green and apply it to the right of the yellow on the stems allowing it to blend/mix in with the yellow. Besure to touch the existing yellow with the brush so that the green flows into the yellow. WITHOUT CLEANING YOUR BRUSH, pick up a SMALL amount of Thalo Blue and lay it along the right side of the stem and make sure it touches the Sap Green and mixes with it. IF the Thalo Blue seems too overpowering simply blot a little up using a tissue. Your stems and buds should have a yellow-green-blue progression from left to right. Look at the small sample below to get an idea how I placed color on the stem.
CLEAN YOUR BRUSH!
- Paint the lower stem in the same manner as the upper using the same color schemes.
CLEAN YOUR BRUSH
- We will need a clean, dampened and blotted 1/2" flat brush to soften a few edges in a moment. Let's begin with the flower. Look closely at the Step 2 picture below and notice the large area of yellow in the center of the flower. This is painted with pure yellow. Load your large round brush with a large amount of yellow paint.
- Starting at the edge of the flower to the right of the stamen, sweep your brush to the left across the center of the flower and down to the bottom. Then go right back with more yellow and do another right to left and downward pass connecting with the first and covering those areas in the center of the flower. Several passes with the brush are necessary to cover this large area. Try to keep moving with little time between passes as your paint is beginning to dry.
- On the top petal, sweep some yellow downward connecting with your large area. Notice how I left some breaks of white paper. Try to leave some of these breaks to show bright sunlit spots. As soon as you have laid the yellow into the center area, pickup the 1/2 flat brush and sweep it along the edges of the yellow paint to soften some of these edges. If your brush fills with yellow paint as you soften, just quickly rinse and blot and continue.
- Once you've done the center yellow area you can move to the "folds" in the petals. Use your large round brush with yellow and start at the edge of the flower and pull paint towards the center. As you paint each "fold" pick up the 1/2 inch brush and run it along the edge to soften. Clean and blot the 1/2 inch as need. Work around the flower laying in these yellow washes.
- If paint EVER flows where into unwanted areas, simply blot with tissue to lift the paint. After all of your washes are done let the painting dry and CLEAN YOUR BRUSHES.
Move on to Step 3
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