Faux Rose

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I'd never have guessed that these were artificial roses Carole. They lasted well while you painted, no problems with the petals dropping..LOL. It's beautiful, and the glass works!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Fri 01 Nov 10:48:01

Lovely watercolour painting Carole, you made a super job of the Roses by using lovely bright colours for the petals and the glass does work really well

Posted by Ros Patterson on Fri 01 Nov 10:49:59

Can't believe you find roses and glass difficult to do - looks like you're a natural to me! Lovely colours and the roses look so natural, a nice reminder of the Summer Carole.

Posted by Debs Jones on Fri 01 Nov 10:51:47

Thanks ladies! I thought it was over-worked a bit as I put so many glazes on the petals. Thanks for the reassurance on the glass.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Fri 01 Nov 10:55:02

It works for me. It's a lovely painting.

Posted by Dawn Broughton on Fri 01 Nov 13:30:15

I love the colours of the roses and the way they get paler in the background. As for the glass it's great.

Posted by Deborah Pugh on Fri 01 Nov 14:20:39

Those roses are lovely and the glass is very delicately done. Watercolour is so difficult to perfect but your colour washes on the flowers and the leaves are excellent.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Fri 01 Nov 15:33:34

Beautiful painting Carole, great work

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Fri 01 Nov 17:45:55

Thank you very much, really appreciate your comments.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Fri 01 Nov 19:30:31

Very beautiful, Carole. I really like the colours. Well done!

Posted by Mark Highfield on Fri 01 Nov 21:51:42

Works well Carole

Posted by Michael Edwards on Sat 02 Nov 07:23:16

Works well Carole

Posted by Michael Edwards on Sat 02 Nov 07:23:17

What beautiful Roses , real or not .

Posted by karyl Quigley on Sat 02 Nov 09:01:46

Thank you Mark, Michael and Karyl, very kind of you.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sat 02 Nov 10:25:58

You have given them life Carole, they are beautifully painted.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 02 Nov 11:38:34

It looks good to me Carole, a lovely painting

Posted by Glennis Weston on Sat 02 Nov 12:56:54

Must be losing my marbles, I could have sworn I'd left a comment on this lol. Beautiful roses and delicately painted glass, a definite winner!

Posted by Val Kenyon on Sun 03 Nov 17:22:19

Thank you Fiona, Glennis and Val. X

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 05 Nov 10:46:55

It's delightful, Carole. I love the palette, and your rendering of the vase is super - love the subtle shades and tones.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 06 Nov 13:27:20

No - I find roses difficult, but you are pretty damn good at them!! Your roses are wonderfully soft and expressive and your glass vase looks great to me. It's a super painting, Carole.

Posted by Thea Cable on Thu 07 Nov 23:08:31

Thanks very much Seok and Thea for your generous comments.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Fri 08 Nov 08:23:15

I struggle with water colour painting so, when I see something as beautiful as this,I am lost for words. Well done!

Posted by Margie Haslewood on Mon 02 Dec 09:50:50

Many thanks Margaret.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 02 Dec 16:33:27

Hang on Studio Wall

01/04/2015

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Painted this from a vase of artificial roses which I bought from a charity shop. As you can see I'm not a glass painter and roses I find very difficult

About the Artist

Carole Swingler

Self- taught artist, I have dabbled in watercolours for many years on and off. My first love is flower painting in watercolour. Now trying many different media including acrylic inks, gouache, all types of pencils to try loose-ish semi abstract images.

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