Hi Wendy,Sam and Vern. I am not quite sure if this is the place to load the work from the workshop but I figured you will find it somehow. Thanks so much for this fab lesson. I really, really like the medium of the watercolor on Kraft paper although it is quite a learning curve.
These are beautiful. You have used white on the craft paper very skillfully. Using the color of the paper to create the shadow toning is difficult, but you have pulled it off! I also like that you are showing the flower at different angles. You should do more pages of these flowers positioning them at different angles. Try one from the back!
Hi Katy! Thanks for your kind comments. Did you take this white flowers on Kraft paper class? I will try that rear view although I am a bit burned from this composition 🙂
Hi Elizabeth, I watched a recording of the White flowers on Kraft paper class and attended the critiques. Then helped Wendy teach the Walk in the Woods class that featured working on Kraft paper, so I can appreciate the skill it takes to work this way. One has to think differently.
Hey Sam
Thanks for the feedback. I had to rework these several times. Sometimes not enough white, then too much. Geez. The one thing I realized is that I had to erase the center colors that I had originally drawn with pencil and first apply a light white wash and THEN lay in the color to get it the right saturation. Totally fun but like a whole new experience.
I agree – that whitewash technique is a revelation. It really is like applying gesso to a canvas, and we can apply it in different thicknesses and build on top of it with our pencils.
Hi Wendy,Sam and Vern. I am not quite sure if this is the place to load the work from the workshop but I figured you will find it somehow. Thanks so much for this fab lesson. I really, really like the medium of the watercolor on Kraft paper although it is quite a learning curve.
These are beautiful. You have used white on the craft paper very skillfully. Using the color of the paper to create the shadow toning is difficult, but you have pulled it off! I also like that you are showing the flower at different angles. You should do more pages of these flowers positioning them at different angles. Try one from the back!
Hi Katy! Thanks for your kind comments. Did you take this white flowers on Kraft paper class? I will try that rear view although I am a bit burned from this composition 🙂
Great job, Elizabeth. You employed all the techniques from class so well here. Beautiful.
Hi Elizabeth, I watched a recording of the White flowers on Kraft paper class and attended the critiques. Then helped Wendy teach the Walk in the Woods class that featured working on Kraft paper, so I can appreciate the skill it takes to work this way. One has to think differently.
Oh, I also wanted to say nice job on those thin stems!
These are beautiful!
Hey Sam
Thanks for the feedback. I had to rework these several times. Sometimes not enough white, then too much. Geez. The one thing I realized is that I had to erase the center colors that I had originally drawn with pencil and first apply a light white wash and THEN lay in the color to get it the right saturation. Totally fun but like a whole new experience.
Indeed but after working a white flower on white paper I like this much better.
thanks although I could do a bit more practice on them
Thanks
I agree – that whitewash technique is a revelation. It really is like applying gesso to a canvas, and we can apply it in different thicknesses and build on top of it with our pencils.
Very pretty and delicate
Very delicate and pretty