Adding splashes of colour
I recently posted my ink drawing of a foxglove, it was a black and white drawing. In the comments section it was suggested that a bit of colour may be a nice addition. So, I returned to the original image and applied some layers of watercolour.
A combination of magenta, red and blue watercolours made up the colours of the petals. I used soft greens and purples for the leaves and stems.
The only grey cloud in the sky seemed to be hovering above my head. It started to rain last time I drew this foxglove, maybe painting foxgloves makes it rain! I increased my pace as a few rogue drops of rain started to hit the back of my neck.
Voila!
Oh, wow. That looks absolutely beautiful with the watercolors applied! (It also looked pretty great in black and white :D)
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Thank you, and... thank you! I'm happy you liked both!!
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Absolutely no problem! Keep up the gorgeous works of art :) I'm 100 percent sure that I'm not the only one here who thinks your work is stunning!
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You are amazing!!!! Exelent paint! Wow!!
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Seeing the beauty you made everyday, Motivates me to try to do something similar!
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@opheliafu - Wonderful ink sketch of the foxglove. It has been made even more spectacular with the dash of purple that you have added. I really like it that you share the pictures with steps in creating your artwork masterpiece . Very inspiring.
Thanks for sharing. Upvoted.
I request you to visit my latest blogs if you find time. Have posted couple of funny ones (my funny bone seems to be acting up these days 😎 ) about wildlife. Your comments will be very welcome. Thanks
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Ah you're back with your art.
I love it.
I appreciate your work how you've done mixing 2 watercolors
Keep it up @opheliafu
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I'm here most days! :D
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That looks wonderful, @opheliafu.
And I have to agree: looks much better now that you've added color to your foxglove drawing!
You may want to check out the watercolor paintings of my good friend Yana, who I (gently) pushed to join Steemit. Her Steemit ID is @travelart. She only joined like a week ago, has only 3 posts. But she's a very talented artist, and I'm sure you'd like it!
To give you an idea, here is one of her works:
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Wow - It's times like this I wish I could draw. I can't - so in return thank you @opheliafu for sharing such beautiful art.
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The picture looks attractive and seemed to give the impression of life on the paint color poured on his paper. Very interesting very nice @opheliafu follow me @yudisb07
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wow beautiful sketch love it
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Wow,I love this vivid color,great color contrast.
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Great .. you can paint great
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Nice job i like it aloot ....i will resteem
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Great job finishing this one up! I like the colors you added too it! Beautiful
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Wow!
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Your art and those pictures are stunning! Following and cant wait to see more :D
When did you discover water colors was your prefered medium?
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It's not really my preferred medium- cyanotypes and then oils maybe. But it fits well with drawing nature, especially flowers. :D
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beautiful :)
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Sketching is almost everything. It is the painter's identity, his style, his conviction, and then color is just a gift to the drawing. Done well.
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Omg those are great drawing and painting.
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Just upvoted and followed you
Please chech my blog and follow me....
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Oooo I really love this one, those little teacup flowers are so cute, especially beautiful in purple. The drawings look very realistic.
Nice.
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Amazing...This is hard work from a professional photographer ... good luck for you.
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Very therapeutic post. I can almost hear you speak those words with the sound of calm music and birds chirping in the background :P
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really do love your art! xx
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looking very fresh!
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Congratulations dear friend @opheliafu for this beautiful work, I really like the colors you have used, thank you very much for that beautiful skies
Have a great day
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It seems like soon I'll be over inspired by your posts to draw flowers:) Heh, in fact I'm really bad in drawing flowers, but never late to try:)
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No never too late!
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beautiful flowers, you must have a very steady hand
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Absolutely gorgeous - this reminds me of a project I did in High School many moons ago - hah! We had to draw a flower and use the latin name in the context, etc. I love your line quality and they way you added the color - Great stuff :)
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Looks great!
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I like this and I think that the fact it started raining and made you perhaps hurry a bit has kept the painting loose and gives it a lovely open free style. Very nice.
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