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Painting Iris (flowers).
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Iris is one of mm favourite flowers especially the big blues I know Sylvia lives them and indeed had just posted a superb painting of one. I stared this a few days ago and dabbled with it in between a couple of other paintings but decided to not rush it . I do like flowers and have done several different paintings in the past but was prompted to do this by finding a couple of old photos while upgrading my pad . The scene is made up from three different photos of different flower heads taken at different times.
I prefer to start with a sketch so that I keep within the lines and choose to put a light was in the background to start with and darken as I want it . The first part was done over two days spending about half hour each time .
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by Paul (Dixie) Dean
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Thank you Mark , watercolour is the only paint medium I use and I suppose I have become used to it and it’s odd ways that can still catch you out. I think flowers are a difficult subject to paint in any medium as the petals are so delicate and can soon loo to thick and ridged but it a nice subject as a challenge and develop skills that can be used in other areas.
This is the latest photo I won’t have the opportunity to do anything today but that suits me as I don’t want to rush it just to get it done. Sound silly but I really have to be in the mood to paint certain things.
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That makes perfect sense, I'm the same and need to be in the mood to paint - although sometimes I force myself to start and end up really enjoying the session. Yes, I always get confused with flowers - they just don't seem solid enough to paint somehow and I never know how to approach them (having said that, I have given myself a challenge to produce a whole series of still life paintings of flowers in vases! haha) Your paintings coming along nicely.
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Thank you all for your kind comments , very encouraging. I haven’t been able to do much this week with various appointments taking up most of the days I did fit in a forty five minute session this afternoon and added a bit more detail and colour . At that stage where I know I need to stop with the details and sort out a darker background, have darkened some areas near the main flower heads but not sure if it’s dark enough? . Have to be careful now is I’m a awful fiddler and get temped to just- well I think you know what I mean. Quandary is there enough detail , how dark do I go in the background, oooh will I come together I know it’s at that ugly stage and can go either way .
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Thank you Marjorie and Tessa , I’m at the don’t want to do more and spoil it stage but my habit of fiddling is saying I need to do more . The first photo was in better natural light and second was about four feet away on the easel so almost upright, I had noticed the slight difference Tessa and preferred the second photo . Still dithering but won’t do anything fir a day or so till lm sure of what I want to do.
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