Rose Bouquet

The source for this painting was last year's Mother's Day bouquet.  It was a large arrangement with a variety of different colored roses.  I took many photos with different angles and different lighting.  I chose a small portion of one of the images and cropped what I wanted to paint.  As usual, I enlarged the image using a grid and drew a full- sized image.  I love to draw, so this was a pleasure.  When the drawing satisfied me, I transferred the image to 300 pound Fabriano Artistico watercolor.  I like to use soft press, especially for flowers.  I used mutiple light washes to get the hues and values I wanted.  No resist was used, only transparent watercolor pigment,water, and brushes.  The image measures 20 inches by 14 inches.  The framed painting is 28 inches by 22 inches,