I used Daniel Smith watercolours for this one and I have it on my bedroom wall next to a painting by Shirley Trevena called Pink Rhododendrons. I won't go as far as to say that I am proud of my work but I do like this one, very much so. It glows. I used a granulating paint in the blue background.
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| Watercolour painting of Zantedeschia (Calla Lilies) |
The reason the painting glows is because the light parts of the flowers have been barely touched with paint so that the white surface of the paper shines through. That is the beauty of watercolour paintings.
The subject of my painting is from a photograph I took at a garden centre a few years ago. I think you can see I changed the colours a bit - a lot.
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| Zantedeschia 'Calla Lily' |
The frame which I have around my painting is a custom-made ready-to-assemble wooden frame which I have painted with Annie Sloan 'graphite' chalk paint. In fact, I also framed the Shirley Trevena print in a heavy wooden frame which I bought from a charity shop, again painted graphite. I never pay for specialist framing; with the money I save, I can buy paper and paints.
Print of Shirley Trevena's 'Pink Rhodendrons'
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| Pink Rhododendrons by Shirley Trevena |
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