Well, spring is springing very beautifully in my little corner of the world. We may be in lockdown but you can’t lockdown spring….
Yesterday I did some Forget-Me-Not and Buttercup studies in watercolour. These pretty little flowers I’ve observed on my daily walk. All were painted on Arches paper, torn in to 10 cm x 19 cm strips. I used a Rosemary and Co kolinsky sable brush and a Silver Black Velvet script brush.
I used Daniel Smith’s Cobalt Blue for the Forget-Me-Not flowers. Just quick loose watercolour studies, trying to capture the essence of the flowers rather than doing botanical studies….
Buttercups – weeds or wild flowers? Whatever your view – they add a vibrant splash of colour to the environment. For the Buttercup flowers I used Hansa Yellow Medium (DS) and Cadmium Yellow Medium (DS).
I kept all these watercolour studies simple, trying to adopt a “less is more” approach. I loved painting these. And I’m making the most of the extra time I have right now to paint and have fun with my watercolours.
#rosemaryandcoareopen
So beautiful!
Thank you… !
Thank you for bringing some flowers into my 2 rooms! (K)
You’re very welcome Kerfe and thank you for visiting… !
“Weeds” are pretty too. Yours made me smile.
Thank you Sandy!
These are beautiful, particularly the detail of the buttercups and the colour of the forget-me-nots.
Thank you Val – they were so enjoyanle to paint…
beautiful!
Thank you Holly… !
I love the softness of these lovely spring flowers x
I’m fond of those buttercup studies! They’re joyous!
Thank you…