It's much too hot for sitting and painting in the garden now, so bits of the garden are being brought in to paint instead! The Chinese Jasmine is one of my favourites, not for the flowers or fragrance but for the colour of the leaves. They are mostly green but the odd one turns bright orange/red and it's such a striking effect. There are quite a few on the turn now so I have plenty of material.
This was painted in a small watercolour Moleskine using mainly Schmincke's beautiful Translucent Orange mixed with varying amounts of red and May Green with hints of Indigo and washes of lemon yellow.
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Stunning painting, Felicity. Apart from the beautiful blending of colour in the leaves and the life-like apperance, I particularly love your shadows which make for a wonderful trompe l'oeil effect. Go Felicity!!!! :)
Drat, too late to correct typo.
Thanks a lot Robyn! LOL - your typos are safe with me, I can't spell so I didn't notice! :)
I meant to ask what colours you mixed to get those shadows - or would have to kill me if you told me ;)
No sorry, it's top secret, I shall never reveal...oh OK! It's W&N Neutral Tint very dilute with a hint of Cobalt Blue. I tried out other combinations, inspired by other similar spreads I've seen, but subtle seemed to work best here. I'm really disappointed with the way watercolours scan, at least on my scanner, it just seems to kill the colours. It's been enhanced a bit in Photoshop but still looks a bit flat.
Thanks, Felicity. I have Neutral Tint but had totally forgotten about it. That's a good tip to touch it with Cobalt blue. I must try that.
You may be disappointed with your scan but I can't imagine these leaves looking much better. I do know what you mean though about scans. I used to photograph all my pictures outside and still do if they are too big for the scanner. While I'm not very happy about a lot of aspects of our new HP Printer/Copier/Scanner it am getting much better scans than in the past.
Okay - I give up on the typos. I do hope it's not a brain problem.
Robyn - Waht tipos?? :o)
Felicity, thses are brill, now i know why you rave about that translucent orange. Wonderful, ahh you'll have great fun come autumn!
Thanks Alison and oh, that's a great thought! :) I actually didn't notice the second one either - Robyn is too good for this blog! ;)
Lovely botanical painting Felicity.
Your studies with w/c is showing tremendous progress.
You have used some colors I am not familiar with. The green and the orange are new to me, but then I have only used W&N paints for years. I am sure they have similar colors just different names. I look forward to more studies from your garden.
Thanks very much Robin! The Schmincke May Green is quite vibrant, I don't think W&N have quite the same shade but I think it must be possible to mix it from other colours. The Translucent Orange is much more vibrant than W&N Cadmium Orange and more granulating. The W&N looks a little flat in comparision, I think. The colour is a little deeper, like a burnt orange. It's one of my favourites, though perhaps not essential! ;)
Your attention to detail is wonderful! I love studying your work! The leaves are gorgeous.
Beautiful leaves, Felicity, and those shadows do add a special quality. Your paint colours are so well-chosen, with the same careful attention as your pencil colours. Awesome!
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