Fearless Friday, Blue & Green Bottles

the Painted Apron

4 years ago

Bottles have fascinated me lately

I couldn’t resist painting these beautiful blue and green bottles…

This was my inspiration photo source

I simplified it down to just the center blue bottle and the 2 green bottles

I started with a light pencil sketch and a first wash on the bottles

Blue washes on the center bottle, leaving white areas for the highlights

Then several greens on the stems and leaves

The tallest flower was painted by applying a clear wash

and then dropping Quinacridone Pink

onto the petal edges and letting it slowly fade down

The other flowers were painted with a bottom layer

of Quinacridone Coral and Pink

Petals were dabbed in, lighter petals at the top where they catch the light

Next I added stamens to the tall flower and

deepened the color on the stems and leaves

If you look closely at stems in water you will see that they refract at the water line

I darkened the label with Quinacridone Gold

I then added a few final washes to finish the bottles

Colorful shadows were added around the bottle bases

To finish, I indicated text on the label with a .01 black fine liner pen

and gave the painting a few splatters of color

“Blue & Green Bottles” 9″ x 12″ watercolor on 140 lb. cold pressed paper

Happy painting,

Be Fearless!

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