Process: Peony Pinks

Posted on May 22, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

W14 5 22 peony journal_2_2Pink and corals are not my go-to colors, but I use them when painting Missions.  We bought some local peonies that were luscious a few days ago, and they used every pink I had to paint!  I loved how they faded from the vibrant corals to the palest shell pinks in a few days.  I still have petals on mine, one more day!

Below is the amazing flower that had me looking at coral and pink!
This is the same flower several days apart.

I’m a day early: Happy Paint Party Friday Thursday!
And now I will be doing Friday Sketches and Artists Play Room!

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13 Responses to Process: Peony Pinks

  1. Annette G says:
    May 23, 2014 at 5:13 pm

    Beautiful coloured sketches. Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  2. Linda K says:
    May 23, 2014 at 5:39 pm

    beautiful flowers and equally beautiful illustration page!

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  3. Faye says:
    May 23, 2014 at 5:42 pm

    Your peonies are really gorgeous. I love how you combine paint and ink.

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  4. happytiler says:
    May 23, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    Peonies are my very favorite flower….I love how you showed the progression of color….gorgeous.;..both of them and your artwork!! Thanks for sharing!

    Hugs Giggles

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  5. Laila says:
    May 24, 2014 at 11:51 am

    I love love love your peonies, both painted and photos. Thanks for visiting my site, and to answer your question : I use both twinks and flat watercolors. For the apple blossoms I used flat colors at the fence and sky while the blossoms , leaves and branches were done in twinks. Most times I feel a combo is the best, brings the best out of both color types.

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  6. toribev says:
    May 24, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    Gorgeous! My peonies haven’t bloomed yet. I can hardly wait after seeing your lovely sketch. I really like how you added the palette to the side of the page.

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  7. Nicole/Beadwright says:
    May 25, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    These are so pretty. Well done on the painting.

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  8. Stefanie Stark says:
    May 30, 2014 at 9:28 am

    It looks wonderful how you have sketched the peonies!

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