I bought some daffodils for the house and later, whilst cleaning, stood the vase on a worktop in front of a window and thought that it might make an uplifting painting.
I decided to crop the flowers to give the feeling of them bursting out and filling the frame. As usual I had a tussle with shading the yellows and I had hoped to get petal shapes in the background by creating some negative shapes, well, I tried, but I did manage to get a little movement there that, I think, adds to the energy.
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Beautiful Graham…the colours, the effect, especially on the top portion of the flowers, great work!
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Thanks Francisco. The top part does seem to lift the whole painting – perhaps more of the abstract and less of the realism.
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One can see the work and the creativity. Excellent example of what watercolours can do in the hands of a master! Lovely work, Graham!
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I love the yellow, it goes well with the blue, brightening up the whole room! Can sense sunlight streaming through the window. Might even sense spring looming outside somewhere in the garden …
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Thanks Dot – Spring’s certainly coming – I’ve been digging up sprouting weeds all morning.
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Besides the fetching effect from the colors you use, you’ve also painted a picture of a good old fashioned northerner who buys flowers for the house, weeds the garden, takes a stroll on the beach if weather is nice, or stays in bed to fend off over-complicated day … Quite an interesting picture I would say 🐿
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Thanks Dot, but I’m a southerner who got washed up on these shores.
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Even better. More story for the drama-prone mind.
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Esp like the lost edges sense at the top, and how the whole vase seems to float in the sea of blue; wonderful mix of realism and impressionist abstraction 😊
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