Sunday, December 13, 2009
Starfruit ~ Sigrid Frensen
It has been too long since I posted something. I was just too busy taking care of sick children and going on a holiday. But yesterday I finally found some time to paint something again. On Flickr, in the *Watercolourist, Painting with light* group there was a nice challenge photo. Two carambolas (or starfruit). The colours were so bright. Green colours, almost toxic, you don't always see in nature. So I thought this would be a lot of fun to explore the greens.
I soon found that the best, most explosive green I could get was by mixing Winsor&Newton's Lemon Yellow and Hookers Green. For the shades I used Indigo, Caput Mortuum with the green. The browns were Raw Umber and some Burnt Sienna. Some small details were added at the end using a bit of Sepia.
Gosh, this was really fun!
Labels:
botanical art,
Carambola,
green,
Sigrid Frensen,
Starfruit,
watercolour
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WOW, this is just stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful depth and color and I love their twisting shapes.
ReplyDeleteThey are truly beautiful, Sigrid, and thank you for telling us which colors you used
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done Sigrid! The colours are gorgeous!
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