Reference Photo This image was

Reference Photo

This image was taken in my Grandma's Garden. This rose is from her Grandfather's Garden. Whenever she moved, she planted a cutting of the rose in her garden.

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September 29, 2006

The first step is transferring the line drawing onto the watercolor paper.
Arches 300 lb Cold Pressed paper is recommended for this image, as many glazes of color will be applied. Once the image is transferred, we will protect the rose, so we can freely work on the background. Place your "sheeting" frisket on top of your image - paper side to paper, and shiny side up. With a permanent black pen, trace inside the image about 1/16 to 1/8th of an inch. Cut along the inked edge, keeping the ink on the portion we will lay down on the paper for protection. Remove the backing, and place it where it lines up just inside the image. With liquid frisket, apply it up to the pencil line and over the sheeting frisket, totally covering the inked edge. The liquid frisket is opaque and kinda looks like Elmers Glue. Look at the image to your left. This is how you should apply your frisket. Once the liquid frisket is dry, it becomes transparent.

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September 29, 2006

Once the frisket dried, we then wet the background area with clean water, and then applied Transparent Yellow. We are working wet on wet. This will allow for soft edges, very important for this background.

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Permanent Rose

Hooker's Green

1st Thalo Blue

2nd Thalo Blue

3rd Thalo Blue

Oct. 6, 2006

Each of the glazes listed above were applied one at a time. Wait for the paper to dry completely, I often use a hairdryer to speed things along. Once the paper is dry and room temperature, add a quick wash of clear water, and then float your color onto the wet paper. If you want it to travel use a very wet brush, if you don't want the color to travel, use less water. If you want a deeper value, add more pigment than water. Be sure to let the paper dry between each application.

Thalo Blue		Indigo	Thalo Blue	Remove Frisket
October 13, 2006		We wet the paper with clear water and added a glaze of Thalo Blue. Once dry we wet the paper again and added Indigo to increase our dark value. Once dry we glazed a light amount of Thalo Blue to set the darks into the painting. Once dry we removed the frisket.

Masking to save the Whites

Ist wash of Transparent yelllow

October 20, 2006

We first applied frisket to save the Whites in our image. See above right image. Once Dry, we applied our first wash of Transparent Yellow, and blended the edges out, ensuring that we have a soft edge. This is the first wash and it is so important to apply it smoothly. Since we will be glazing layers over it, whatever we put down underneath the next layer gets amplified. *Next week we will be moving a lot, and painting many layers, so be prepared to paint quickly.

First application of Permanent Rose
wet on dry

Add to the first application, all in Permanent Rose.

Keep building the image with more permanent Rose.

All done September 27, 2006

Friday, November 3, 2006

Using Quinacridone Magenta, we started building up the deeper values, wet on dry, softening the edges as necessary.

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Don't forget, we have an extra day for this session. Friday - December 1st, same room, same start time, but we end at 3pm - So you're getting 2 free sessions!

Friday, November 17, 2006

We added Transparent Yellow to enhance areas that needed more yellow - working wet on dry, and softening edges as dictated by your Photo Reference.

We Quinacridone Magenta to add depth and tone to our image, working wet on dry, and softening edges following our reference image.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

I added Permanent Rose to darken and warm the darks, working wet on dry and softening edges.

Remember, use your reference image to get to this step, not Edna's wonderful painting.

Have a Happy & Healthy Thanksgiving, we meet again December 1st for a 6 hour day of painting and adventure.
Look Below for Edna's Painting.

Friday, November 24, 2006

I added Permanent Rose to darken and warm the darks, working wet on dry and softening edges.

Remember, use your reference image to get to this step, not Edna's wonderful painting.

Don't Forget - We meet again December 1st for a 6 hour day of painting and adventure.
Look Below for Edna's Painting.

Sunday, January 7, 2007

This is where we left off. I added Thalo Blue to the petals, following the reference photo, with a quick and light touch. If I needed more, I let the first glaze dry, then added more. Once happy with the amount of blue, I glazed some red over it, to deepen and set in the blue. I started adding Quinacridone Gold to the stamens in the two centers of each rose. I showed how to soften edges with a scrubber brush, and sharpened edges by adding color.