Watercolor & Graphite: About 2 1/2″ x 2 3/4″

This is a study for maybe a larger piece. I think I will try this again larger and with a couple of different layers of watercolor. And, maybe some opaque watercolor and colored pencil in addition to the graphite. I am finding it difficult to get the inside of the flower to stand out. Opaque will help with that. I like the idea of working  on studies that are super small and then working into a final piece that is larger. I need to discipline myself to become more and more familiar with the subject and keep my attention focused on improving the next go round. I am always wanting to move right on instead of living with the subject.

Watercolor & Graphite 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″

Working small is hard! Yikes. I am not sure about the random color. I know the more I do of these the better and more controlled it will get. I think that in this piece there is too much white underneath. It’s hard to know when the underpainting goes down. I think for the next underpainting I will do some block out, throw down the color, pick up the block out and then do another layer of washed color. That might give me some depth and randomness but also less of a “stained” look. I think 4″ x 6″ or thereabouts is a nice size. Working smaller goes faster, but is almost too small depending on the composition.