Painting the Purple Iris - Part 2
Step Seven: Altering reality My original photo had a background of a sunlit brick wall. I decided the bricks would make the painting too busy and opted to use a dark mixture of Pthalocyanine Blue and Burnt Umber to indicate a deep shadow area behind the entire group of flowers and foliage. I varied the mixture as I painted the background. These two colors can give you deep dark blues, rich greens and warm dark browns as you mix them in different quantities. Step Eight: Chasing the light I started to work intensely on the patterns of light and dark...
Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas , Watercolor Lessons , Intermediate Techniques
by Greg Conley
August 27th, 2015
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