Fearless Friday, Garden Gloves

 

I am continually inspired by my Monday Morning Bloom friends,

Mary, Pam, Liddy and Shirley

I always want to paint their beautiful floral creations

When I saw Mary’s beautiful vignette with vintage blue dishes,

white flowers, and garden gloves,

I couldn’t wait to paint it!

You can see Mary’s lovely post here

 

 

 

 

I started by sketching the objects with a blue watercolor pencil

 

 

 

 

It is hard to see, the sketch was very light

If you do your sketch with a watercolor pencil instead of pencil,

you won’t have to worry about those pesky lines later

 

 

 

 

Next I mixed some watercolor washes,

sepia, indigo, light emerald, turquoise,

leaf green, lemon, and new gamboge in the center

 

 

 

 

 

I started with light washes to establish the composition

 

 

 

 

Next came more color and some darks

 

 

 

 

As you can begin to see, I simplified what was going on above the gloves

because I wanted them to be the main focus

 

 

 

 

I slowly built the painting with layers of darker colors

 

 

 

 

I decided to paint the area under the shelf burnt sienna,

to add contrast and to make the items on the shelf stand out

 

 

 

 

I kept the flower shapes very simple,

leaving just an impression of flowers

 

 

 

 

Then I darkened the shadows

and loosely added the blue pattern on the gloves and china pieces

 

 

 

 

I finished with a .01 black fine liner

 

 

 

 

“Garden Gloves” 9″ x 12″ watercolor and ink on 140 lb cold pressed watercolor paper

 

Thank you Mary for your beautiful inspiration photo!

By the way,

yesterday Mary and I and over 20 other creative bloggers

shared recent creations on a Creative Craft Blog Hop

 

 

You can find all the links here

There are tons of ideas for all skill levels!

Be Fearless!

 

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