Rose Shape Study Progression - Nina Watercolour Lover - image 1 - student project

Rose Shape Study Progression - Nina Watercolour Lover - image 2 - student project

Thank you Nina for showing us your rose painting journey. It is very relatable. I also think your technique of roughly sketching the rose first before painting is really helpful. However for my first attempt, I was too lazy. I just used your reference photo and painted it free hand (see photo on cover image). Hence my first rose appears quite out of shape! In my 2nd attempt, I sketched the rose first and painted it later. I try to go for darker colour values in the for more colour contrast. But I was getting too used to painting more wet-on-wet style from other watercolour artists, and I was finding it really challenging to adapt to Nina's painting's style. In my 3rd attempt, I made sure I have a small batch of diluted soft pastel Permanent Rose for the petals and also concentrate Permanent Rose ready for dipping the tip of my brush. I did the same for the outer petals, mixing a small puddle of very diluted Sap Green and Cadmium Yellow Pale and have a very concentrate mixture of the two colours ready for dipping the tip of my brush Rose Shape Study Progression - Nina Watercolour Lover - image 3 - student project . The third rose has more depth and tone. But getting the shape of the rose right is still a work in progress. The last photo shows my pencil sketch, which helped me a lot in defining the shapes of the petals.

Now on to Side Rose Study. First is the rough sketch.

Rose Shape Study Progression - Nina Watercolour Lover - image 5 - student project

Next is the painting. Painting the shapes of the petals of side rose is trickier than I anticipated. Also I went too wet on the paint. Rose Shape Study Progression - Nina Watercolour Lover - image 6 - student project

Next is some sketches of some rose buds.
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Finally a painting of a closed side rose, some rose buds and rose leaves.

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More rose study - sketch and painting.

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Chai Foong

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