Tulips, Aurora, Colorado
Day 1: Drew the first Tulip then erased it - (it was in the wrong spot) - Redrew it and started on the second.
Day 2: Drew both Tulips; different curls, shaded areas and leaves. Ready to paint.
Day 3: Painted the top one third background (grass) - used just one shade of green(thalo green) but used the brush
sideways (quick strokes) to give it the grass look. Will give it a rest for 5 days.
Day 4: First painted the pink & white on the curls; then the dark shades; the middle Red; and then the bottom 2 pink petals and
the large shade to the right. Also moved the red tulip's stem right
Day 5:
Fixed the edges of the bottom pink petals and
added
Day 6: Painted the yellow and brown/black of the middle
of the Tulip;
definition to the bigger red petals. reworked the outside petals for a better look.
definition to the bigger red petals. reworked the outside petals for a better look.
Day 6: Painted the middle 2/3rd background; the Red Tulip stem, leaves around the Red Tulip and some shadows next to the top of the Yellow Tulip.
Day 7: Brought the red background down on the right side; added shade under the leaf (on the left - missed while drawing);
did the big leaf next to the Yellow Tulip; the small leaves on the top, the shaded areas on the left and right and top of the
Yellow Tulip - this makes it ready to be painted next - will allow an extra 2/3 days for the paints to dry to avoid the colors
running into yellow.
Day 8: Painted the rest of the leaves surrounding the Red Tulip and the shaded areas.
Day 9: Worked on the Yellow Tulip; outside edges and black (yellow ocher shaded areas) - the yellow doesn't have the
opacity of other colors - so black/green/red colors (incidentally splattered in this area while painting the top parts of the
canvas) tend to show through the yellow paint - may have to retouch the yellow two or three times.
Day 10: The edges didn't have enough separation from the middle - I darkened the outside (with Yellow and
Yellow-ocher) and added Yellow and Orange to the inside to get a better effect. Finished the middle with Black
and dark Brown; and the pollen stuff with yellow mixed with green.
Day 11: Did the
bottom petals; stem, leaves, shaded areas. Need to do
the rest of the pink/brown background and add some
red to the stem, the far leaf and the bottom of the Yellow Tulip; and shape the bottom-most leaf.
red to the stem, the far leaf and the bottom of the Yellow Tulip; and shape the bottom-most leaf.
Day 12: Re-touched
the Tulips, the bottom leaf and all the background.
Finished March 23, 2012
