The Artist - UK (2020-03)

PRACTICAL

q FINISHED PAINTING

Sweet Peas in a Pale Blue Jug, mixed media, 2020in (5151cm).

I used the same dark red violet mixture to paint the darker

sweet peas then strengthened the colour of the paler and mid-

tone owers using the same pastels as earlier, but adding a little

extra pressure this time and shaping the owers. I also brought

in a few more blue violet mid-tone blooms within the owers.

I darkened the red violet backdrop to the owers especially on

the edge, where a few of the pink owers met the background

and used a stronger blue, a mid-tone cyan blue pastel on the

top left-hand corner. I continued the blue to the top centre and

then used a paler grey blue to graduate the colour, blending it

with the darker values on the right-hand corner. A pale green

pastel suggested a few stems and a paler blue was added to the

lighter side of the vase while strengthening the shadow side

with a mix of the same mid-value blue pastel overlaid with a

mid-value violet pastel. I used white pastel at the edge of the

table and on the edge of the jug, then applied grey pastel over

the table and used the same mid-value blue pastel under the

jug where I had the base dark red violet initially. I added the

reection of a few owers to nish the painting

 STAGE FOUR
I strengthened the tonal value of the darker violet ower heads, and the
wash of dark red violet in the background. Then I used a very pale blue
wash of phthalolcyanine blue in the top left-hand corner, extending it to the
table and the lighter part of the jug. I also strengthened the shadow side of
the jug with more ultramarine blue overlaid with spectrum violet