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Opera Pink Tulips
Opera Pink Tulips5"x7" watercolor on Arches 140# cp;
Noodler's Lexington Gray Bulletproof ink & bamboo stick; micron 02 pen
I love droopy tulips! Here's a helpful tip from my florist: if you want your tulips to droop, use a vase with a curved shape. If you want your tulips to remain straight, use a straight-sided vase. I've tried both types of vases, and have found this advice to be quite reliable!
For this sketch, I used a bamboo stick dipped in Lexington Gray Bulletproof Noodler's Ink. Then I used two fun, new (to me) colors: Holbein "Opera" pink and Winsor & Newton "Quinacridone Gold." These will both become part of my regular palette. (The green leaves are just a mixture of greens and a touch of brown). Finally, I added a few ink lines with my trusty micron pigment pen.
For this sketch, I used a bamboo stick dipped in Lexington Gray Bulletproof Noodler's Ink. Then I used two fun, new (to me) colors: Holbein "Opera" pink and Winsor & Newton "Quinacridone Gold." These will both become part of my regular palette. (The green leaves are just a mixture of greens and a touch of brown). Finally, I added a few ink lines with my trusty micron pigment pen.
8 comments:
I love tulips...but better than that...I love working with the color "opera"...gorgeous!
How cool are you? How do you like the bamboo stick? Isn't it fun to say, Quinacridone? Aren't I silly sometimes?
Tulips are one of my favorite flowers. Love this.
How fun that you used a bamboo stick, I'll have to try that! And every time I see a new post from you I want to rush out and buy new paints, your colour choices are always so pretty and vibrant. Tulips are my favourite flower, but I can't have them at home because our naughty cat eats them...
all of your work is very interesting!
thank you for the beautiful site!
peace,
Chuck
Carolyn, isn't Opera the best?!?
Sheila, Quinacridone is fun to say, LOL! It's very snappy, and there are far too few occasions to use it in everyday conversation!
Aveen, I picked up the bamboo stick at an art supply store. It had the end already tapered so it was ready to go. I think you'll have fun trying it!
Thank you, Chuck!
I agree - droopy tulips are to straight-ups as lop-ears are to ordinary bunnies.
Great analogy, Charlene!
We used to have a lop-eared rabbit named Henry. We took him for walks, well, hops, in the nearby city park. He had a leash-harness and seemed quite content to mosey along. Some people actually asked us if he was a dog!
How lovely! I love the lines in this one.
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