Friday, June 22, 2012

Irises in progress

Inspired by the incredible work of Rosie Sanders I decided to start a large (half sheet) watercolour of the bearded irises in my garden.  The background will be the white of the paper which is a challenge in itself!  The first image is a detail showing where I'm up to so far, the other three are progress images showing the whole thing.  So far, so good!






13 comments:

Diana said...

It's gonna to be great Ruth! Beautiful! love,Diana

renate said...

Hello Ruth:) What a strong colors! Beautiful!

Unknown said...

This is gorgeous already!

Studio at the Farm said...

Beautiful, so far, Ruth!

Unknown said...

Thanks Diana, I hope so!

Hi Renate, I love these deep magenta/purple irises, they're great fun to paint!

Thanks Patty, fingers crossed I don't mess it up haha!

Thanks Studio ATF!

cathyswatercolors said...

amazing... what kind of paints?

Marja's Stamp Addiction en Marja's Creativity said...

WOW that looks great Ruth. Beautiful composition and color. This is marvelous now and I am wondered at the endresult.
Lovely greet
Marja
(www.marjascreativity.blogspot.nl)

Unknown said...

Hi Cathy, so far mainly W&N and Daler Rowney watercolours which is not at all like me, I usually use more Daniel Smith and M Graham.

Thanks Marja, I'm stuck doing the boring kind of painting for a few days so it'll be a while before I finish this one!

Krista Hasson said...

Ruth this is going to be amazing when you are done!

children’s bean bags said...

Hi Ruth. Your work is looking good. I bet when the whole thing is finished it will look marvelous.

Unknown said...

Hi Ruth! Nice blog. It is very interesting. Thanks for sharing these. God bless you.

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Maria Emilia Moreira said...

Está uma perfeição. Abraços.

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