Another with Harmonic Shadows

Line and wash Clematis

Inspired by a painting by Ann Mortimer, I added the ink lines and used my own colors.  Fun doing watercolor this way as it is SO fast.

And Blue!

First yellow, then orange and now red

The third in Sandrine Maugy's exploration of colour is this tulip.  Not my favorite of the exercises, but I did enjoy working in this color.

Another Sandrine Maugy Tutorial

The first was the color yellow.  This one is orange, beautiful orchids.

To get these vivid colors the work is first underpainted using what she calls "harmonic shadows."  A neutral grey made by mixing the three primaries that appear in the painting.  In this case I mixed Winsor Blue (Red Shade) (used to create the bluish cast to the leaves), Winsor Orange (Red Shade)  (one of two main oranges in the flowers) and Permanent Yellow (used in the centers of the petals).

Here's what the underpainting looked like:

Working in Pen and Ink

The focus of this month's effort in my Natural History Illustration group is pen and ink.  Liane Tancock, who creates beautiful and delightful art using this medium is our guide.  Here are my first efforts.  The week two exercise was to  create the same image three times on a single page using three different technique

The inspiration for the tortoises is a photo I took on my trip to the Galapagos.