Thursday, May 25, 2006

White Irises


I painted this today for a project in WatercolorWorkshop, a Yahoo group for watercolor artists. The object of this project was to paint something white without using white paint, and to see how many colors could be found in a "white" object. For my irises I used cobalt blue, permanent rose, burnt sienna, permanent yellow, and a little scarlet lake in the centers.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just superb! I have just invested in some watercolours and am longing to find the time to learn how to use them. Seeing work like this is so inspiring!

Dabs - Carol Holt said...

Michelle... this is lovely... soft and vibrant... I love it!

Anonymous said...

Wow!!!this must have been quite a challenge,to paint a white flower without actually using white.I can't even begin to imagine how you must have done that,and that too,with such fantastic results!