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Post by Tami Durbin on Jun 3, 2014 18:40:51 GMT -6
Dear Celeste,
Is that an open rose in the top left hand area? I was thinking that it was leaves, but maybe not.
Thank you very much for your instructions to this painting!
Tami
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 3, 2014 20:14:14 GMT -6
Dear June, Thank you so much for the post. I like it also as a light painting but will be adding darks just because I know that they appeal to judges and such. They just love high value contrast paitnings. But I want to be more like Aulich and Bischoff watercolors and hopefully only have SOME darks. And those being the smallest area on the whole painting....I hope I can do that anyhoo. But my next one I'm going to do totally light values like the one that Bischoff did shown on Pinterest. I think that Cherryl showed that one time is where I first saw it. Fell in love with very light filled painting. Dear Bev, Thanks for posting. I appreciate each and every one of you who does so. Make me want to post more when people want to see what we are teaching here. It's been a wonderful ROSEFEST this past few weeks and I'm loving it! Glad that you are too! Dear Cherryl, Thank you so much for the post. I love it when you point out design tips and make suggestions. They are always spot on and I always appreciate you so much. In the previous photo, it was too light and sort of flesh colored looking....but in real life these are pure cad yellowish roses. Just can't get a good pic of it. It's either too yellow in pic....or not yellow enough. Tomorrow I will try to get a better pic. Also, even though I like the light airy look of the 1/2 finished painting.....I still want some darks in it like you said you prefer. But darks as accent areas and least dominant value on this one with mostly light and medium values with darks being the 'spice'. And for sure the leaves/stems and buds of Sadler, Klein, etc.....that I looked at for this.....and your examples of stems in your last photo of buds....and also Paula Collins stemwork, etc.....sort of gave inspiration to the leaves on this painting. Of course, had to improvise also when sketching to figure out how to make it interesting. Hope I didn't get it too swishy. The roses, were freehand of course....looking at nothing.....just letting the original shapes in the initial washes become roses as you taught out in CA. Thank you for showing that way of making roses. Thank you so much also for showing your videos. I think that you have done the most generous thing ever in doing those. Amazing!
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 3, 2014 20:23:35 GMT -6
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Post by Tami Durbin on Jun 3, 2014 20:27:54 GMT -6
Dear Celeste,
Thank you very much for your answer about the fractured rose. I now know that the yellow is more of a cad yellow. Will lean that way.
I had my roses too large so when I went to add the leaves there was not enough room. I went ahead and started all over. I will get a picture tomorrow and show it in a thread in my corner. Will name the corner after your thread. That was a good idea that June had to do that.
Thank you for sharing your art with us!!!
Love, Tami
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 4, 2014 11:51:47 GMT -6
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Post by Tami Durbin on Jun 4, 2014 13:00:23 GMT -6
Dear Celeste, Oh my.......my jaw just hung open!!!!! Those are BOTH BEAUTIFUL!!!!! This is totally a personal preference. They are both sooooooo good!!! I could not choose one over the other. WOW!!!! You are soooooo good at art!!!!! Tami
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Post by Tami Durbin on Jun 4, 2014 13:04:08 GMT -6
Dear Celeste,
Rick says he likes the first one because there is more contrast.
Tami
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 4, 2014 15:18:53 GMT -6
Dear Tami, Thank you so much for the sweet posts. You are too kind. These flowers are actually more yellow than I can photograph. The always read more read on my monitor. Since I posted this, I changed that little set of leaves to the left of the bud on the bottom of the painting. And put blueish colors down there instead. I thought that branch mimicked the bud above it too much. If I did this again, I would not make it so swishy. I think that the swishyness of the leaves should be more like how Catherine Klein does in all of her work....in that she generally has many of the leaves in her painting which share the same repeated angles of the sides of her leaves. Probably she does this to give the leaves a unity of direction. Can't wait to see other's efforts on this one. Yellow roses are so hard to photograph. Maybe because they pick up too many 'room' colors....sort of like white does. Thanks again for the posts Tami. And thank Rick also. He has such a good sense of what looks good. He would probably make a great artist some day if he was inclined to do so. He already is a totally great artist in wood and fixing houses and such.
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Post by Cynthia A Pinnell on Jun 4, 2014 15:58:40 GMT -6
The green wash! Especially for a framed piece. The light background looks like a greeting card. Make a copy to print cards. So you can do both! Cynthia
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Post by Tami Durbin on Jun 4, 2014 16:25:45 GMT -6
Dear Celeste,
Well, I am painting the yellow roses. I had used a piece of watercolor paper that had a crease in it. I thought it would come out when the paper was wet. Well, I won't do that again! I did not finish on that painting when i figured out that the crease was not gong to go away.
Today I started the painting again and have the first layer almost finished.
I am using Cad. Yellow Med. + a little bit of Raw Sienna in a good amount of water for the yellow color. As soon as I am sure that I can get a decent photo then I will get one up and show you.
I am loving painting these roses!!!
Tami
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Post by Tami Durbin on Jun 4, 2014 16:30:06 GMT -6
Dear Celeste,
I have a watercolor from you that was from one of the exchanges we had on the forum. There is a yellow rose and a pink rose in that painting. I will go ahead and use the colors you have in the yellow rose to paint these yellow roses. That painting is going to be very helpful when looking at the tones of the yellows!
Tami
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Post by June Watson on Jun 4, 2014 18:59:51 GMT -6
Oh how Beautiful!! Thank you again for sharing!
June
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Jun 7, 2014 10:14:05 GMT -6
As always you never cease to amaze me with your beautiful work. Now it's your turn to do a video.
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 9, 2014 7:00:48 GMT -6
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Jun 9, 2014 9:56:24 GMT -6
Ok Celeste you wanted a bit more critique. The leaves seem a bit too much the same color and value. One group should dominate, the grouping size of leaves seem about the same. In other words each group of leaves look too similar. The spent rose could have a few larger petals, to keep in relationship with the size of the other roses. Think you need more washes to separate the flowers for a stronger focal point. This is like giving advice to an advanced Master artist who can out paint me 10 to 1. Bug I love it when I have you am experienced painter point out what U need to do . Sure wish we lived closer. Love Ya!
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 9, 2014 10:04:27 GMT -6
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Post by rosesrmyfav on Jun 9, 2014 10:44:54 GMT -6
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 9, 2014 11:02:59 GMT -6
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Post by rosesrmyfav on Jun 9, 2014 11:15:53 GMT -6
I am so glad I got on the forum today. You continue to blow my mind with your skill and your love of art and sharing it with all of us. I really love panting with you - can't wait to see you!!!!!!!! Watching you on this forum is awe inspiring. Thank you for the beautiful yellow roses. They were my mother's favorite and I am definitely going to give them a try. Love and hugs! Sandy
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Post by Jole Nash on Jun 15, 2014 22:07:51 GMT -6
Celeste I'm loving your yellow roses... they are superb.. gorgeous colour and the shapes are so rosy!... I'm really wanting to try these... Jole
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 16, 2014 7:19:46 GMT -6
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Post by Cherryl Meggs on Jun 17, 2014 12:08:54 GMT -6
Yep Celeste is the Bestest of the best!
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 17, 2014 14:49:48 GMT -6
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Post by Priscilla Cipolletti on Jun 26, 2014 7:40:03 GMT -6
Dear Celeste, These watercolor roses are awesome! It sure inspires me to want to learn watercolor painting for sure! Just amazing color and design. Thanks so much for sharing your steps in painting these wonderful yellow roses.
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jun 26, 2014 7:57:09 GMT -6
Dear Priscilla, So glad to hear from you. Prayers for your health also. Thanks so much for the post. The good thing about watercolors is no firing and no messes as the paint always comes out of whatever it gets onto. (like porcelain paint...same thing...comes off). The bad thing is having to 'think' like a porcelain painter. Which, for us porcelain artists, is GREAT. Painting light to dark like the factories did. So, we already have the mentality for watercolor. The techniques are different. But suggest one mists or floods with water...first.....before painting...and all is good that way. The paper won't suck up the paint and get 'stuck' in that position....in other words. Easier to move. I like Birgit O'Connors method of painting and Soon Warren's method. Both do similar. Both have online videos to purchase and see snippets of.
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