PAINTING SUNFLOWERS: BEHIND-THE-SCENES of WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP

What we learned on Day 2:


1 - Contour drawing from life, and designing the painting as you go, and then adding a frame within a frame, where the petals and leaves spill out over the frame.  Then, adding a wet-in-wet mingling of different yellows within those shapes . . .

2 - Using salt for texture, in the center of the sunflowers, and painting the stems and leaves with cool and warm greens. . .

3 - Creating form within yellow flowers -- & what colors to use to darken yellow (quinacridone gold, 

burnt orange, and even magenta . . . 

4 -- Mixing and painting a transparent dark in the background . . . 

What a fun day -- with 14 beautiful paintings to show for it!