Lunchtime Painting - Orchid by Deborah Warner
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I've just recently completed a beginners botanical watercolour painting course and it was a really good short course and some lovely pictures were achieved. With this in mind, I revisited painting my non-flowering orchid in my office. The colour is a lot closer and I took my time over the painting, taking me about 4hours over a 2 week period. You will see the difference from that done pre-course which you can also see in my watercolour gallery. You will also notice that I added a shadow to give it an anchor rather than floating in mid-air, as was previously suggested in my previous attempt at this plant. Any comments?
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Deborah Warner
I attended a course back in 2010 on Renaissance Rome and part of the course was to visit the Raphael Cartoons at the V&A. Walking through the Sculpture Court at the V&A I noticed many sketchers drawing from the sculptures and they looked so at peace. I remembered enjoying art at school, many years…
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