I removed the masking from the rosebud and started with the under paint using a wash of new gamboge over the entire flower and let it dry completely.
I worked on one petal at a time making sure that it was not touching another petal that was still wet.
The next layer of colour was new gamboge with a small amount of cadmium yellow. I continued until all the petals had the second layer of colour.
The colour was darkened by adding more cadmium yellow and a touch of cadmium red to the mixture for the third layer of colour.
Cadmium red was added to each additional layer of colour until all the petals were completed.
Using a mix of French ultramarine blue and aureolin the first layer of colour was put onto the calyx. As each layer dried a little more of the blue was added to darken the green until it was finished.
This is an original 5” x 7” framed watercolour and is available for $95.00.
