Tulips in Antique Vase ala Trevena style

22x15 watercolor on textured Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper, done right after last Saturday's workshop at my studio. I wanted to capture the essence of spring tulips and their softness played against old china vase ala Shirley Trevena style. Wax candle marks are also within this. Paper was partially coated while dry with 1/2 gesso and 1/2 water in a 1:1 ratio. After that dried I sponged on Winsor Newton texture medium in a few places. I did use colored pencils to draw with and Caran D'Ache watersoluble crayons for a bit of intense color here and there. Some negative painting done too in the background and this piece was done in about 2 hours. It got good reviews on WetCanvas, my personal blog, but not many on Art Colony blog, probably not photorealistic enough.

"Tiger Lilly" by Leada Wood

"Tiger Lilly" by Leada Wood (C) 2011 All Rights Reserved


This is a fun technique I played with today with a group of artists at Kay's studio. This is a mixed media watercolor, using everything but the kitchen sink and it is still intact at Kays! It is 9X12 on Strathmore paper. Kay commented that she had never seen me work so small, but I wanted to get finished today so that is why I worked smaller. I normally do 1/2 sheet or full sheet.  It was a fun day with a wonderful group of ladies...just artin around. Thanks Kay!
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