In The Pink

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You give a comprehensive run-down of your procedure, Shelley, good for you. I think this is lovely, also think it would be enhanced by slightly more darks in the background / negative areas? Well done.

I have some of these lilies out at moment, they smell gorgeous. I love the close up of this lily.

A lovely piece, Shelley! The petals are very well rendered, You have captured their weight as well as their delicate flow. Thank you very much too for your comment on my work.

A lily from my garden . Painted on Saunders Waterford Not paper, 300gm. I use Daler Rowney Artist Watercolour Paints I always stretch my paper and staple it to a wooden frame. This picture is 14" x 18". This makes it as tight as a drum when dry and also very light. I can turn my painting around as I work on each section. I always paint wet into wet , one petal at a time , priming each shape so I can control where the paint goes. I glaze each shape until I am satisfied with its tone. only then do I add any detail . I reserve the white paper by painting around the area . I dont add white paint of any sort. My background is completed one section at a time, mixing maybe three colours wet into wet, usually one colour from the main subject .