Wild Flowers - A Work in Progress

Today I wanted to do a little more work on this painting (see posting on 12 April 2010). Using various mixtures of burnt sienna, raw sienna, alizarin crimson, Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue. I started on the seeds of the Curly Dock on the left side first and added some of the detail to a few of the many seeds that are there on each branch.

With a darker mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, I painted in the main stalk, some of the dead leaves and the tiny twigs that are at the end of the seed bundles.
















I added another Curly Dock into the background fairly loosely as it is behind most of the Queen Anne's Lace which is still masked out so I didn't have to worry about being careful to control the paint in order not to lose the "white".

I then started working on the Curly Dock on the right side of the painting, painting in the main stalk to join the areas of seeds together. Then I worked on the bottom area of the seed bundles putting in a little detail as before.

I still have to decide on where I want to place the golden rod and chicory in the paintings before I go too much further.