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A few years ago I painted an acrylic version of this, I x posted it in the Decorative acrylics and also Flowers & Botanicals galleries last week. So I Thought I would revisit this in watercolour. This is the result.
Painted on Bockingford 140gsm and would you believe it Van Gogh watercolours.
I love how this came out using what is student grade paints. In my opinion, these paints are very much better than just student watercolours.
C&C welcome.
Cheers Rosie.“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” ― Pablo Picasso
[/COLOR][FONT="Verdana"]:wink2:The shapes to your rose petals look very good indeed but I suggest you need more contrast and variety – darks in the recesses and light (even unpainted) edges to lift the painting. Your avatar is quite a good example. A little bit of unpainted white paper often adds some vitality.
Mike
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:Very nice flower!
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Painting is not everything in life - but without painting everything is nothing!I think Van Gogh is the exact same paint as Artist grade Rembrandt with just not as many colors offered. It is as good as any other professional paint I’v used and in my experience is superior to many W&N Artist grade colors. ( For example Burnt sienna and Ultramarine van Gogh blows away W&N in mix-ability and as good or better pigment quantity and last longer and make much better black). Only colors I dont like in Van Gogh are the greens. The green Colors just don’t float my boat. I also think you would have been good to leave white of paper so your dark’s would look darker and would give the painting a full range of values. If you add some darks in those rose’s and use white Goauch for highlights, It would make them pop out better i think.
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