Analyzing how a painting progresses is a constant process. With my little girl in the daffodils, a few things really started to bother me. For one thing, I found the small purple crocuses in the foreground distracting. For another, I don’t find the horizon of trees in the background pleasing. I will try to remove both and see if I can come up with a solution that will unify the painting and help focus more on the little girl and flowers.
Once I carefully removed layers of watercolor paint, I was able to rethink my composition. I decided to blur the background in soft greens.
Finally, I added layers of golden yellow to give a sense of light, created a shadow under the child, carefully redefined each of the daffodils, and deepened the shadows of the jacket. FINISHED!
I hope that you enjoyed seeing the decisions I made and why as I created my "Girl with Daffodils" watercolor painting!
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This is wonderful. Its great to see the process an artist goes through to paint a beautiful painting, you get to see more than the final product, it becomes a growing thing. Thankyou so much for sharing! Happy Pink Saturday <3
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! Hello from Pink Saturday.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThe Pianist in Pink, have a great weekend!
Your PINK is very pretty!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing...and HAppy PINk SatURday!
ciao bella.
Creative Carmelina
xo
Happy Pink Saturday Sweetie...
ReplyDeleteI am so thrilled to have found your blog through PS.
I love your little girl painint. You are such a detailed artist. I love the changes of the background, as it really made your little girl pop and especially helped to see the flowers so much better. Sometimes we have to look at a creation for awhile to find what it is we aren't sure about.
A beautiful share. I am your newest follower and can't wait to see what you share next. Country hugs sweetie, Sherry
nicely done! I really admire watercolorists, I always make mud when I play with that medium! Your little girl is very sweet- HPS
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Barbara! And I love your final edits! Thanks so much for sharing at "Life as this Mommy knows It"!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteRegards and best wishes
What a neat transformation Barbara. I didn't actually know you could remove color from a painting like that.
ReplyDeleteIt almost makes a more ethereal finished product!
Thanks for sharing your nifty painting with us for Alphabe-Thursday's letter "N".
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