WIP

[snoball]

Wow

Thanks, Jade.

 

[snoball]

Omg .. spectacular

Thank you, Grapes.

 

[snoball]

The roses are beautiful, well done!

Thank you, LizC. Fingers crossed that they will be more beautiful when finished.

 

[laf.art]

Thank you, laf! I'm hoping to get back on these. I wasn't intending to let them dry this long but I've had a disastrous week. I do have good intentions though.

Sorry about your diastrous week ,fingers crossed that you follow through with those good intentions then

 

[snoball]

Only got to paint for a little while, so not much progress but I'm posting to keep myself accountable.

 

[Enyaw]

Oh my!

 

[Donna T]

We appreciate every post, Sno, no matter how much you get done. Such wonderful depth in the leafy area and the rose is looking good!

 

[snoball]

Thank you, Wayne and Donna!

 

[snoball]

I did a bit of glazing today and just a bit more work on other things. I'm going to leave this one for a while so I can work on the other one.

 

[Enyaw]

Super

 

[snoball]

Super

Thanks, Wayne.

 

[Donna T]

I was wondering if you did glazing to get those luminous layers. It’s gorgeous!

 

[TK H-H]

Beautiful! The flower really glows now.

 

[snoball]

Thank you, Donna and TK.

 

[snoball]

I painted just a bit more on the other rose today but still a ways to go on both. I haven't done anything with the leaves on this one yet, I basically just have the shapes set. Hard to make much progress when I can only spend a few minutes here and there. I had to take the photo at a terrible angle to keep the wet paint glare down.

 

[Jade]

I know from your work that they'll look even better but they look great to me already

 

[snoball]

I know from your work that they'll look even better but they look great to me already

Thank you, Jade.

 

[Donna T]

They are a striking pair! What red or reds do you use and how are you darkening them - burnt umber? I would appreciate knowing any of your color mixing methods.

 

[snoball]

Thanks, Donna! I'm using quinacridone magenta, grumbacher red and highlighting with cad orange, mixed with a bit of grumbacher from place to place. I'm darkening with burnt umber and bohemian green earth. I had to look at the tubes and see what I was using because I just grab what I think will work.

 

[Donna T]

I appreciate that, Sno - thanks. That magenta is working so well. I don’t have that color … yet.