| Lauren Everett Finn |
| I started with a soft wash all over the paper...then some of the basic shapes were laid in after the wash was dry. |
| I usually like to add the darks right away...It's a bit unconventional... But I like to have the value range in there throughout the painting. |
| Adding more details.... I soften the edges as I go.... I don't want all hard edges. I do this by dampening the edge with clean water and working the brush over the edge to blend the color...not really wet...just damp enough to loosen the paint. |
| At this point, I don't like the negative shapes at the bottom edge of the paper. In this piece, the negative shapes are the dark green, not flower shapes. I changed some of them to make a slightly better composition. |
| My finished watercolor... 7.5 x 7.5 inches Thanks to Gerri Olika from Wet Canvas for allowing me to use her photograph as a reference. |