Artists & Illustrators - UK (2019-11)

PROJECT

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Paint the central stem

diluted sap green in y

brush. While the stem is s

paint a few drops of dilute

Orange into the stem (rose

have a lot of the petal colo

through the stem). Paint i

for leaves and rose buds.

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Add leaf lines to the le

in diluted sap green.

rose buds, paint a bulbou

green head at the end of y

branches with a size 2 bru

still wet, clean off your br

up some diluted Cadmiu

paint two S-curve strokes

the wet green and gently

Fill in the centre of each

with some diluted Cadmi

to create an overlapped petal.

Allow to dry fully.

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With a size 2 brush, paint three

S-curve strokes of sap green on

each bud to create closed sepals.

Use the already painted leaf lines as a

guide for your leaves. Coat the entirety

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COLOUR-BLEND ROSE

To create a rose with more than

one colour, introduce a second

diluted colour to the petals at

step 3. Watch the petals bleed

into each other whenever a

C-curve brushes into another.

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Once fully dry, add a few sap

green S-curve sepals to the

main rose. With a concentrated leaf

stem mix, use the tip of your size 2

brush to add a few central leaf lines

to each leaf and to the underside of

the branches to add a little depth.

This is an extract

from Harriet’s new

book, New Botanical

Painting, published

by Ilex Press

(RRP £12.99).

http://www.octopus

books.co.uk

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