Hello Everyone,
This week I’m practicing painting a carnation – one of my granddaughter’s birthday surprises! Carnations brighten up the room and are so cheerful!
All the paints I used were M. Graham except Viridian hue which is Reeves. The Pro White is from Daler Rowney. Some people do not use white paint when they watercolor, they instead leave the paper white, or mask areas so that no paint will get in that area. I usually leave the paper white instead of using white paint. In this case I didn’t have any pink, so I opted to add white. If you don’t want to add any white, you can always purchase a pink color. I put the Pro White on my palette, added a little water and mixed it well with the Pyrol Red that was already mixed with a lot of water to get pink. My favorite watercolor paper is Arches, 140#, cold press, but when I’m practice painting I use Strathmore. If you buy this paper, buy it in the brown cover. It has a bit more “tooth” in it than the yellow covered one.
Thanks for watching this fun painting today, I hope I have inspired you in some way.
Next week I will post another painting for my “Let’s Paint” month. Hope you can join me.
Happy Creating,
Vicki