Thursday, September 17, 2009

The irises are coming along.......


Showing some actual progress on my latest painting!
I've been deepening the colors of the iris blossoms, leaves and stems. I love that rose leaves are interspersed among the iris leaves. They provide a nice contrast to the spear-like leaves of the irises.
I've been using Windsor Violet and Windsor Blue for the irises, coupled with the soft pink of Rose Madder Genuine. At this stage of the painting, I'm working on slowly building up the colors of the petals and leaves. I wanted to get those colors deepened before I work on the brick wall. That will be lots of fun.....and quite time consuming, to say the least!
Back to work!

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