This is another of my daily paintings - I learned a lot while doing this...the most important lesson is that magnolia tree blossoms are NOT easy to paint - the way they are shaped is very difficult to create in watercolor. This painting is small - 6"x 10" and is painted on 140 lb. Strathmore cold-pressed watercolor paper. In my opinion, this paper takes the paint differently than what I have been using...the paint lays on the surface and absorbs in a different way. It also doesn't take "punishment" very well - lifting, scraping, etc. Paper does make a big difference and for some people this paper probably works well - just not for my style.
2 comments:
Pinks and greens are just so pretty together. I don't see magnolia blossoms here so it is nice seeing them painted. I think they are beautiful and worth all the exercise it took to paint them.
You did a beautiful job on these magnolia blossoms in spite of their difficult shapes and in spite of the unforgiving paper. I have never used the Strathmore paper: the Fabriano Artistico SP is my current favorite.
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