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Bauer of LiliesLimited edition Giclée prints of 250 Size: 18" x
20.5" (46CM x 52CM) |
Bauer of LiliesWith watercolor it is important to be able to "paint the painting in your mind" before starting to paint on paper. You can't just paint over watercolor the way you can with other media. When I can "see" the painting clearly and have thought through the sequence of steps to complete it, then I'm ready to start. This visualizing of the painting can take several days or longer. When the subject is flowers I need a big block of time when I start the painting. I start by making a drawing in pencil of the whole composition, providing the most detail on the flowers. I can add detail, if needed, later to the vase or pitcher and fruit. Then I completely finish the flower part of the painting. Flowers change so quickly that unless I paint them first they have started to droop before I'm finished. Next I paint the fruit, as it is also perishable, saving the vase for last. I could "see" this painting of white lilies against a black background very clearly before I began the painting. I pictured the pitcher green and the pear red. As it happened, I couldn't find any red pears in the market that day but this very green Bartlett pear beckoned me. So, I changed the color of the pitcher. I do this quite often. If the objects I have are not the right color to make the painting work, I change the color of them in the painting. I chose the rich burgundy color because it went so well with the green pear and dark plum. |
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