Artichoke Flower Studies
The inspiration
The flower store was offering 3 pots of Gerber's on special so I purchased a baby pink one, a cerise pink and a lovely orange pot. Here are a couple of studies of the orange one I did..... I have studied the sketches and there is definitely some room for improvement here, I'd like to do others with more lost edges around the petals.
Gerber Studies
7 comments:
That artichoke is so cool, Debbie! I have never seen one flowering. I really like your orange Gerber with the loose, washy orange blossoms in the background, What orange did you use?
Thanks Melissa, The flowering artichokes were huge... I haven't seen them so large, ever! They were best eaten whilst my cousin was away on holiday, but no one picked them so they went to flower. Quite a spectacular flower.
The orange Gerber was done with Cad Scarlet and a touch of Cad Yellow, both strong pigments so I watered them both down a bit.
Thanks, Debbie! I'll have to get some of that Cad Scarlet next time I make an order.
no wonder you couldn't resist painting the artichokes ...wonderful ..what size is the painting ? lovely gerbers like the dark blue bg
Thank you Jane..... this is just a small study A4 sheet.... but would LOVE to do a larger one.
A lovely sketch of the Artichoke Debbie, and your Orange Gerbera is absolutely beautiful - no improvement necessary there!
just a wonderful style you have. I found you thru Watercolors blog where you gave an award for her 'Poppy plus' painting. Thank you for all your inspiration. Love the artichoke painting. Gorgeous
peace n abundance,
CheyAnne @
http://cheyannesexton.etsy.com
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