Bearded Iris by Leisure Painter

Your rendition has a lovely texture to it, it reminds me of rich velvet. If you aren't happy with it you can always lift some colour out. Looks good to me.

Well done. I like the variation of blues but I think I would have made the stem thinner - or the flowers wider.

Dear Charlotte<br /><br />It is difficult to see this clearly and therefore offer a useful critique, however, I will say that the colours are bold and strong - this is so difficult to achieve with watercolour so well done! If you feel that your paintings are a little muddy, I would ensure each wash is quite weak to begin - therefore enabling you to put a clear &#39;template&#39; in place - this will make subsequent washes easy to follow and remove the guess work. I will be writing a feature on my &#39;wiggle and pull&#39; technique later this year - so keep an eye out for this in The Leisure Painter. Hope this helps - Helen Campbell