I'm an artist in Alabama doing watercolors, and graphic arts on my computer. I hope you will follow my every day adventures with art! Join us at http://www.ciaswatercolorfriends.ning.com a social network dedicated to promoting the art of watercolor! Cecilia

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Observations of late



Hello my friends, I've been deep into attempting to learn some new techniques, and I have painted two new florals using said techniques. I will post them here. The thing that I have learned is great! How to paint petals with a smooth look.

The other thing that I learned is that these very light paintings do not "carry" from across the room. I must figure this all out.

Maybe making the backgrounds darker will help.

Here they are. The first is a white confederate rose. The second is a dahlia.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cia



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the delicate colors on your Dahlia painting. The juxtaposition of the violet and the deep yellow is vibrant and very effective.

regards,
Zan

Anonymous said...

I love your flowers and your landscape is also very good.
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Michelle Himes said...

Both of these are beautiful, Cia. I especially like the Confederate white rose.

Michelle