Watercolours With Life: Summer wouldnt be Summer without ? Roses in Watercolour

Friday, 14 July 2017

Summer wouldnt be Summer without ? Roses in Watercolour

As Soft as a Summers Day

Roses in watercolour.

Who doesn't love Summer? And for me the sunshine season wouldn't be complete without a new painting of roses. Although I actually have several beautiful ones on the go at the moment. In our cottage garden the rose blooms are stunning this year. So I am spoilt for choice as to what to paint next. What a terrific situation to be in.

I picked the heads of three pink roses yesterday. Flowers that had become battered by recent rain fall. They had broken in awkward places on the stem so were too short to put in a vase. But rather than discard the very short stemmed blossoms I floated the rose heads in a crystal bowl and admired their formation and beauty that way.

I started this piece by painting a very soft pink wash on paper and allowed it to dry before adding the petal detail.

As I painted, I listened to birdsong, glanced up and saw butterflies passing now and then and felt sunshine on my shoulders.

The mood of this piece is "Peaceful".

I love it and can't wait to continue or start a new painting.

Early stages of my roses in watercolour.

My peaceful mood is shining through in this. And perhaps my gentle artists soul.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...: That's absolutely beautiful. For those of us who are beginners, would love more detail -- a few more steps would be wonderful. Thanks Jean.; 14 July 2017 at 14:55

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