no painting today

hi everyone
 well what a week im having  spent two days sourcing some new paints i want to try
 finally found what i needed and my shopping list keeps growing...... have no idea  if i will be able to work with them but  nothing ventured nothing gained in my book at least they will look pretty all lined up lol once they arrive .im really looking forward to experimenting with them

im also waiting for the Sheena Douglas paint fusion to arrive so which ever gets here first i will have a go and share with you all
wanting to get out to take some  pictures  ready so i can get cracking but its been so darn miserable  and dull
i would be sharing a grey piece of paper with you all .fingers crossed it gets a little brighter over weekend and i can get out
till next time take care  everyone and thanks for popping in
hugs linda xxx

crazy colourful tea pot blue

a different set of colours for this little tea pot painting
french ultramarine mauve and turquoise with silver liquid pearls
hugs Linda x

crazy colourful tea pot

hi everyone
just finished a water colour painting of a crazy tea pot
im going to redecorate my kitchen this year,and wanted some pictures that were bright and cheerfull
im going to get them float mounted in limewashed frames ready to hang.......there will be 3 in all once they are all painted. not decided if i should do 4. ?

this is done on hot pressed 600lbs water colour paper with Winsor and Newton Artitst paints that were left on my pallet from doing the daffodil dont want to waste paint lol .

then i added liquid pearls ....... phew !that was like iceing a cake not done that since school lol .but wanted to add alittle extra dimension
thank you for popping by today
i hope you are all haveing a nice day today
hugs linda x

finishing touches part 8

once you have got your leaves all painted and how you want them to be
mix a small puddle of Ultra marine Violet with Terra Verta
and add some more shadows where the leaves twist on blends ...........with clean water on brush blend out to a soft edge
leave to dry .............

little tip
if you have any lines you dont want ............. load your brush with clean water
then gently cover the area dont rub as you will move the colours around.
leave untill its bone dry your lines should have settled into a smooth wash


 its all finished ..........................one Daffodil painting ready to frame.
 in the photo flower head looks more orange but i haven't done any more to it im not very good at photos sorry
i really hope you try this and have as much fun  trying out the step by steps as i have had sharing with you .

Happy Painting ............please remember its all down to practice and dont worry if you dont get it right first time
just try again.
hugs linda xxx

daffodil part 7

i have mapped in the leaves useing 2 puddles of green
a light green puddle of Cadmium lemom and French Ultramarine

and a puddle of Cadmium yellow pale with French Ultramarine paint in your leaves with wet in wet trying to preserve the highlight where leaf twists. let it dry rub out pencil lines if you want to

then with same colours add layers to deepen the colour in parts that show the darkest from photograph.
once they are all dry
make a thin wash of the lighter green and paint over the whole leaf in one go
leave to dry
hugs linda x

daffodil step 6

mix up a puddle of green with Cadmium lemon and French Ultramarine
another puddle with Cadmium orange Cadmium red deep and French Ultramarine (orange brown in colour )
add a small amount of light green just where the flower head meets the stalk while its still damp drop in the orange brown colour as in picture.leave to dry then deepen as befor useing layers following what you see in your photo graph

stalk
mix a dark green with Cadmium yellow light and touch TerraVerta with more of the French Ultramarine
this should look a blue green............   wet the stem down the middle but not to the edges with clean water.
then with tip of brush paint down each edge trying to keep a lighter strip in the centre of the stalk your paint should move into the middle...build up the colour as befor in layers. you decide how dark you want to go

leave to dry
hugs linda  x

daffodil part 5

here i added alittle more of the Cadmium orange and cadmium red deep mix to the centre of the trumpet  then the top edge where it twists on the fluted edge and at the base of the trumpet where it meets the petals you can see the light against dark areas
im happy with that so the flower head is finished
you can do as little or as much as you like   just have a try its fun
next will be the stem and the leaves
hugs linda x

daffodil part 4

here im adding a mix of the 2 yellow colours wet in wet
to each petal and trumpet its best to do every other petal so they dont run together giving you some time for each one to dry befor you move on.
i added the Cadmium yellow pale to the parts i want darker and then while wet i added the Cadmium yellow to tips of petals
once dry a few more touches of Cadmium orange and a mix of Cadmium orange and Cadmium red deep to the darkest areas rinsing out my brush and with clean water on my brush take off some of the water smooth out any hard edges
as you can see its getting darker on ever layer but still staying bright
leave to dry
hugs linda x

daffodil part 3

a quick little step
mix a puddle of Cadmium yellow pale and go all over the trumpet  as you did with the petals.................leave to dry
you will see its a slightly different shade of yellow nice and warm
hugs linda x

daffodil part 2

as you can see i have removed my pencil lines on the petals as i have got the petal shapes in place............ you dont have to at all

here  im starting to work on the trumpet of the daffodil
as befor wet on dry

i mixed a puddle of Cadmium orange then a small puddle of Cadmium orange and a touch of Cadmium red deep
start adding the shadow to the trumpet with cadmium orange using your colour photo as your guide and trying to preserve the highlited area thats showing in centre of the flower .then deepen the area the other side of the highlight area with the darker orange red mix
these areas will show through once you apply your next layer as you can see on the petals
leave it to dry
hugs linda x