Adding Quinacridone Magenta, wet on dry to the petals of the flower.

Adding more Quinacridone Magenta, wet on dry to the "parts" of the flower.

Adding a light amount of Transparent Yellow, wet on dry to the "parts" of the flower.

Adding a light amount of Hooker's Green. Be careful, add lightly as this color is "staining". Look carefully, we added a glaze of Hooker's green over some of the Magenta petals.

Follow along and add a light amount of Hooker's Green as indicated. Be careful, add lightly as this color is "staining".

Follow along and add a light amount of Hooker's Green as indicated. Be careful, add lightly as this color is "staining".

Follow along and add a light amount of Quinacridone Magenta to the petals as shown. This color combination makes a subtle gray tone.

We are now going to add Hooker's green to the leaf behind the flower. We are adding wet on dry, and then using a damp, clean brush we are softening the edges.

Keep adding light washes of Hooker's Green as indicated on this painting. We started working on the leaves at the upper right.

Keep adding light washes of Hooker's Green as indicated on this painting. We started working on the leaf above the "center" leaf.

Keep adding light washes of Hooker's Green as indicated on this painting. We went back to the leaf at the right, and started building up some shape. Work wet, and soften with a damp brush.

Keep adding light washes of Hooker's Green as indicated on this painting. Go to the Center leaf and work wet, and soften with a damp brush. Concentrate on getting the shapes filled in, not the detail. This is just the foundation of the painting.  

Keep adding light washes of Hooker's Green as indicated on this painting. Go to the bottom left leaf and work wet, and soften with a damp brush. Concentrate on getting the shapes filled in, not the detail. This is just the foundation of the painting. Next week we can start building color and all the wonderful details.
 

Keep adding Thalo Blue as indicated on the image. 

Keep adding Thalo Blue as indicated on the image.  

Keep adding Thalo Blue as indicated on the image. 

Keep adding Thalo Blue as indicated on the image. 

Keep adding Thalo Blue as indicated on the image.  

Keep adding Thalo Blue as indicated on the image.   

Keep adding Thalo Blue as indicated on the image.  

Keep adding Thalo Blue as indicated on the image.  

We are now adding Quinacridone Magenta.

Keep adding Quin Magenta as indicated on the image.  

Keep adding Quin Magenta as indicated on the image.    

Keep adding Quin Magenta as indicated on the image.    

Keep adding Quin Magenta as indicated on the image.     

Keep adding Quin Magenta as indicated on the image.  

Keep adding Quin Magenta as indicated on the image.    

We are now adding Hookers Green and Thalo Blue as needed.   

We are now adding Hookers Green and Thalo Blue as needed. 

We are now adding Hookers Green and Thalo Blue as needed. 

We are now adding Hookers Green and Thalo Blue as needed. 

We are now adding Transparent Yellow to some leaves and the center of the water lily flower.  

We are now adding Quinacridone Magenta to deepen the darks and to brighten up the reds, all at the same time.  

Continue to deepen your values, whether you're using yellow, red, green or thalo blue.  

Continue to deepen your values, whether you're using yellow, red, green or thalo blue.  

We added a wash over the dark background to even out some of the spottiness (is that a word?) of the background.