I took a lot of license on the colors- all 4 flowers are actually quite white with yellowish green petals on the inside- I am not sure how I feel about it
Hi Rita- this is beautifully rendered! I love the center of the whitest flower on the right. I am curious why you changed the colors. Having more green leaves behind the flowers really helps when the flowers are white. The leaves have no variation in color even in the âvâ areas where I would expect them to be darker.
Hi Doug- as usual, your feedback is really helpful- i have begun reworking the leaves and already it is a huge improvement- bringing more life to the picture- the actual colors were really just grey and yellow in the shadows- at least to my eye, and somehow it felt like i needed to add a little more warmth- I felt disappointed in general as I was hoping to bring the luminesce quality the actual flower had- it was practically glowing neon yellow and green in the shadows and I just could not achieve that
04 February 2021
Rita, sometimes I find a light wash of watercolor helpful with flowers like that. Watercolor allows me to get that little tint of color (especially that neon green color), and it has a little of that translucent quality inherent in it. I think your attention to detail here is excellent–the center of that flower on the right! Wow. You’re doing excellent work.
I took a lot of license on the colors- all 4 flowers are actually quite white with yellowish green petals on the inside- I am not sure how I feel about it
Hi Rita- this is beautifully rendered! I love the center of the whitest flower on the right. I am curious why you changed the colors. Having more green leaves behind the flowers really helps when the flowers are white. The leaves have no variation in color even in the âvâ areas where I would expect them to be darker.
Hi Doug- as usual, your feedback is really helpful- i have begun reworking the leaves and already it is a huge improvement- bringing more life to the picture- the actual colors were really just grey and yellow in the shadows- at least to my eye, and somehow it felt like i needed to add a little more warmth- I felt disappointed in general as I was hoping to bring the luminesce quality the actual flower had- it was practically glowing neon yellow and green in the shadows and I just could not achieve that
Rita, sometimes I find a light wash of watercolor helpful with flowers like that. Watercolor allows me to get that little tint of color (especially that neon green color), and it has a little of that translucent quality inherent in it. I think your attention to detail here is excellent–the center of that flower on the right! Wow. You’re doing excellent work.