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Saturday, 07 July 2007 |
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Women in particular try to capture the essence of the flower, and like them for their different shapes and colours, finding them ephemeral and beautiful.
Translucent colours are the most suitable for flowers. Basic shapes, such as the circle, cone and cylinder can be seen in all flowers and these can be used to create your painting. Practice drawing on a large sheet of paper, relaxing and using the whole body to create the shapes. Thumbnail sketches are also useful to find the best position and proportion, but try to make the actual painting fit a standard size frame.
To sketch in the shapes use a pencil or grey paint mixed with raw sienna, but do not make the marks too heavy or they will show through the finished painting. Using one flower as the focal point paint the nearest flower first, remembering that all colours affect each other. Colours can be modified with other colours on your palette and white spaces left to show highlights.
It is not necessary to use too much detail to create a fresh, alive vase of late summer flowers. The dark background, painted in at the end, brings out the colours to great effect. © GMH
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