Garden Grounding: Watercolor on exhibit

 

Embossed Metal Paintings of Flowers

To view more embossed metal paintings go to Labels

 below or on the left and click on embossed metal.

 

Embossed Metal Paintings

 

Watercolor, Gouache, and Negative Space

 

Watercolor painting and white gouache 

was used to create this painting. The floral design

 was brought out by painting the background

 or the negative space as a second step in this process.

Art History connections to Art Lessons

 

Student art work in charcoal and pencil: 

 inspired by the work of Redoute.

Drawings from sketchbooks

Small blank sketchbooks to purchase

 

Working in the Studio

 

Continuing the Drawing

 

Floral Drawing: Adding More

I work with color and charcoal at the same time, 

switching from one to the other as needed. 

 

Inspiration for a Drawing

First I take pictures of my subject that I am planning to draw.
Especially flowers that sometimes do not last very long!

I take them from many different viewpoints: closeups, birds eye views, side views, among many others.

I also take pictures of my subject at different times of the day and in different light conditions. You can see the difference in color, size, and shadows.  

Starting the drawing on paper, I pencil in where I will place the first flowers. In this way the composition is established more or less intuitively. Balance is achieved by size, color and shape.