My son sent me a bouquet of roses and other flowers for my birthday. I decided to paint a sketch of one rose for a thank you note I was sending to a niece.
First I cropped a rose from the bouquet.
Next I used a pink Staedtler watercolor pencil to sketch the rose. I like to do my sketching with a watercolor pencil because the lines blend into the watercolor as I paint.
For this sketch, I used analogous colors (colors found side by side on a color wheel) for the rose. For the leaves, I used a complementary color...a green on the opposite side of the color wheel.
The red/pink colors I used were Permanent rose, Quinacridone red, and Alizarin Crimson. The green is Winsor green dulled a bit by Quinacridone red. I also used a bit of Aurelion yellow on the leaves. Aurelion is a pale yellow with a greenish tinge.
It is a beautiful card! You are so talented! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. It feels good to be painting. I have missed it.
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