I told you I was going to play in the studio and I did! I've had this project going for a while. I decided to take this imagery and try it in various mediums and using various techniques. The images will be reproduced on various colored backgrounds. Out of dozens and dozens of studies and sketches, here are ten. Now, a day later, eleven----just added this morning's harvest!
Here's a link to my flickr set of Amaryllis Variations, in case the slide show doesn't work for you. I'm going to be adding new ones over the next couple of weeks. They're addictive. And besides, some very slow-evolving bulbs I've been watching for weeks are on the verge of blooming!
Hi Ellen, great to see you here! Most of these ARE watercolor. I have used memory brush pens (no longer available in the US, drat it) and acrylic ink-filled waterbrushes for some of the drawing. I used india ink in the fourth one and a couple of others---you can tell which ones by looking, I think---didn't go back and check all of them. I use mostly Schmincke paints for the non-warm colors, but Daniel Smiths for the oranges and reds. It has been so much fun!
Posted by: Laura | February 25, 2011 at 11:42 AM
These amarylis are absolutely gorgeous. They are so vibrant and bursting with such amazing color. This can't be watercolors. Can you share what you are using?
Ellen
Posted by: Ellen Brandin | February 24, 2011 at 10:29 PM
Thanks very much, all of you! I will try to do a post on materials before too long
Posted by: Laura | January 22, 2011 at 10:04 PM
Well, these are all very vivacious looking! They're such dramatic flowers, and you've so captured that, Laura. Beautiful.
Posted by: sue | January 19, 2011 at 11:50 AM
So fun and lively! I can't wait to hear more about them - the mediums and techniques. Love those Laurelines!
Happy New Year~~
Dana
Posted by: Dana | January 18, 2011 at 03:19 PM
These are so lively, very exciting. Play can be so rewarding.
Posted by: Katherine Kean | January 18, 2011 at 12:30 AM