A touch of red
Pretty Alstroemerias, also known as the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas are adding a touch of red to my garden pots at this time of year. They seem to be pretty hardy plants in my garden, surviving the heavy frosts and direct sunshine to come up flowering time after time.
The most popular and showy hybrids commonly grown today result from crosses between species from Chile (winter-growing) with species from Brazil (summer-growing). This strategy has overcome the florists' problem of seasonal dormancy and resulted in plants that are evergreen, or nearly so, and flower for most of the year.
Acrylic paint is used to build up layers of colour and details onto the flowers, a contrast in style to the background. I added more reds and oranges to the flowers and toned down the yellow in order to give the picture a more autumnal look.
'Autumnal Alstroemerias' -2017
It is a very well drawn picture.
The bee might come
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This is a very beautiful flower, red color mixed with yellow makes our eyes fresh again, this flower is always beautiful when viewed more deeply,
I am amazed with this @pheliafu flower, for me this eye medicine after tired, long in front of the laptop, then my eyes need to see a bright color like your flower, thank you for sharing..
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I'm happy my work provided some colour therapy for your tired eyes- I hope they feel a little more refreshed today!
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It's a very good job to benefit others, maybe not only do I receive intercession, other friends who join in steemit and who follow @pheliafu are also very happy with this beautiful piece and benefit
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awesome
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good
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a great art, you are a professional painter, I admire your paintings, I will try to imitate you, I want to see, if my fingers can be as beautiful as your fingers in painting.
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My fingers are usually stained with coloured inks :D
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great artwork ! :)
I'm new on steemit, can't wait to see more of your artworks
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These flowers are lovely as is your picture, I'll have to have a look for these :)
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They are very easy to grow! Mine came a long in some ground soil I had from a neighbour- popped up a few months later.
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I will check them out, making a note for my next shopping trip :)
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great artwork ! :)
I'm new on steemit, can't wait to see more of your artworks
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Welcome to Steemit!
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A wonderful species of an horticultural plant you have in your garden.
I like your painting and the colour. I am relating it to red apple(red colour) and green apple (green colour). The two colours in your picture look like the two different types of apple.
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Loving the paintings and glad yours in the garden have stayed strong! Keep it up.
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Thanks, though the rest of the garden is looking a bit shabby this time of year.
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wooow so sweet !! <3
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Beautiful! I really like your description of your inspiration at the beginning as well!
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Great painting and beautiful flower. Pure work of art! Well done, and makes us happy with new works.
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Glad the work brings a little happiness- thank you!
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Hi @opheliafu :) Beautiful painting. I really love the green leaves. The way you have them presented almost looks as if they are blurred, like the way a depth-of-field blur would be on a photo. This really draws the eye to the petals of the flowers which are in sharpe details. Very nicely done :)
Cheers,
Bucky
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Thank you Bucky- I think that effect is from the combination of mediums.
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Ahh, well it is beautiful :) You are a master, @opheliafu
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Lindo quedo
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Nice job @opheliafu ;)
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nice painting......just awesome
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Very pretty =)
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wow nice art work.. good job..i upvoted this post..and im starting following you..hope you upvote my post & follow me as well..
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I love it!
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wow this is a very classy post
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I admire your garden dear friend @opheliafu, spend an afternoon there must be very nice, the colors you have selected for the work were very colorful and beautiful, I love this job congratulations.
I wish you a beautiful weekend
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It was a lovely day yesterday, but today the sun is hiding- at least the garden is being watered though, the plants like it!
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beatifull
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Wow great!
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Oh i love flowers! That's so creative of yours. Keep it up!!! Upvoted and resteemed your post!
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🌺🌺🌺 Thank you! 🌺🌺🌺
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Lovely! The red and green really pops on this one.
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I think it was the combination of watercolour and acrylic- Just using the green watercolour kept the greens very light and zingy.
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You must have a very beautiful garden, the best inspiration for an artist:)
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It was in spring- it is looking a little tired now. i planted everything from scratch 3 years ago, but things need digging up and moving/replacing now. Jobs for the autumn!
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Nice painting, beautiful flowers 🌺, you made it with artistic touch, you painted the beauty of nature.
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🌺🌺 Thank you, nature is constant source of inspiration for me 🌺🌺
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Wow! Beautiful watercolor painting, @opheliafu
Colors are rich. Which brand watercolor paint are you using?
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This is BEAUTIFUL ! You do know how to use watercolor well. good for you, i am just learning that. voted +follow. i am looking forward to see your upcoming artworks ! :-) Best!
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Georgeous painting and photos! Thanks for sharing!
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Glad you liked them- thank you
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Just beautiful! Beautiful freshness of colors, beautiful mix between watercolors and acrylics. Thank you for sharing beauty @opheliafu. Looking forward to see more from you. Followed and upvoted.
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I am amazed each time, how you turn those colorful stains into something with form and meaning with a few last strokes of your brush :)
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Wonderful work ! Thank you for sharing the process also. It looks so great.
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Beautiful artist you are, I'm following
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I love this! I'm a painter and so typically art is my favorite topic to search here. You did a beautiful job. If you want to check out my paintings on my page and give any tips I'd super appreciate it!
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Uauuuuuuu que TALENTO!!!...,ESPECTACULAR!!!...
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Beautiful
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