Intro
Following swiftly on the heals of the previous painting, I did another. The wet-in-wet version took about 15 mintues to paint, about a half hour to dry with considerable coaxing from a hair dryer, then about 5 minutes to ink.
After than I decided to go back to a wet on dry technique, as we normally do.
Wet in Wet with Ink
For this one, I had brought a piece of gator-board, which is nicer to work on for this sort of thing. Followed the same procedure:
- using a 2 inch hake brush, soaked the board with clean water
- soaked both sides of the paper and stuck it to the board (just with water surface tension!)
Wet
The wet image was done so fast, less than 15 minutes to paint this out. Again, I am going for fuzzy and non-descript, so that the inking process adds to the art as well. The wall was done with an on-paper mix of Raw Sienna and Cobalt Blue Violet. The vase is mainly Sap Green, with some Payne’s Grey for the darker parts. The flowers are Aureolin and New Gamboge for the middles, Perm Alizarin Crimson for the petals. The table cloth front is more Raw Sienna and C.B.V., but palette mixed to keep it from getting too strong.
Dry
It took half an hour to dry, using the hair dryer, then I applied the ink.
Signed
Final copy, completely dried, signed.
Cropped
This is the same image as above, straightened and cropped.
Materials
Paper
- Arches 140lb cold press, 9×12 sheet on gatorboard
Paint
- Winsor Newton Aureolin
- Winsor Newton New Gamboge
- Winsor Newton Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Winsor Newton Sap Green
- Daniel Smith Payne’s Grey
- Daniel Smith Raw Sienna
Dry (traditional)
I did the same source but in a more traditional approach, because I really like the composition. I kept it fast and loose as much as I could.
Back wall and vase, dry
Here I’ve completed the back wall with Raw Sienna, and a little bit of Cobalt Blue Violet to darken it. I’ve sketched in the vase, providing the essential line from the leaf at the top, through the right side of the vase and out the bottom to the left.
Peonies
I added in the peonies, first loosely filling the centers with aureolin, then the petals also going in fast and loose. I made a mistake on the bunch on the table and tried to take some of it out. It’s fine. 🙂
Table and runner
I wasn’t really sure how I was going to execute the table runner, which was a lacy knit thing, dangling over the edge of the table. In the end, I painted the front cloth in a light raw sienna with a touch of C.B.V. The runner is patched in loosely with a bit more C.B.V added to the Raw Sienna.
The shadows on the image were mainly very bright behind the vase, indicating the light-shine, and darker between the bunch on the table and the vase.
Dry
Same as above, dried down.
Deeper values
I really wanted the painting to pop, especially the flowers. I added darker bits of leaves popping around some of the petals, deepened the P.A.C. on the petals in places, and deepened the values in the vase with more pure Sap Green, and mixures of Payne’s Grey. I finally added a bit of violet, mixing the CBV with PAC to make the shadow tint.
Final
The final version, all dry, for class critique.
I really love how this one turned out.
Signed
Cropped
Materials
Paper
- Arches, 140lb cold press, 9×12 block
Paint
- Winsor Newton Aureolin
- Winsor Newton Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Winsor Newton Sap Green
- Daniel Smith Payne’s Grey
- Winsor Newton Raw Sienna
- Daniel Smith Cobalt Blue Violet
Brushes
- Dreamcatcher round #10