12 X 18 watercolor & pastel on 140 lb paper. I used my own photo of petunias outside of our place in the sun.
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Thank you, Silvana! i really worked on getting the "light" and it does look better.
This is a nice watercolour Walda!
Lovely watercolor Walda, you got them sitting well on the ground.
Love your Petunias. They look so alive. Smiles :)
very nice. it now looks like glorious sunlight instead of white paint. this is a good example of painting the light instead of just the local color of the object .... good job.
Thank you , Michael, for more information. I will follow & let you see the results!!
more warmth and darker value within the deep shadows ... warm because sky light is not penetrating that deep into the foliage. then punch up that great dappled light hitting the planter box ... that is a knockout element that you failed to include. punch up a few highlights on those middle value green leaves. where sunlight is slamming into a flower, some of that warmth will bounce back to the shadow side. paint the light, not the flowers.
Michael, I actually was surprised by your comment as I thought leaving the white of the paper against the dark blues & greens gave me the contrast I needed. Oh, well, try, try again....
More contrast and more light!! Show the light!
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