Orange rose

I am enjoying doing these videos. I paint for ten minutes, edit the video for an hour and then all the uploads and everything take another hour. It is time-consuming but a fun new thing that I am learning to do, which is good. I am still trying to figure out things like lighting, GoPro settings and editing the video. It will take a while for me to figure it all out, but in the meantime I better figure out how I should store the gigs and gigs of data this video-making is producing :-)

Today's painting is a quick floral study. I like doing these because they lend themselves beautifully to watercolor, the organic shapes provide a wonderful opportunity to practice brush work, incorporate hard and soft edges, and play with color. I hope you enjoy this video.

Floral studies are really good for learning to paint in watercolors. Their organic shapes allow for a variety of brush strokes, and it is a great opportunity to practice composition ideas, lost and found edges and color contrasts. Color palette 1. Aureolin 2. Organic Vermillion 3. Carmine 4. Viridian