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Alizarin Gladioli

Posted on September 9, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Middle-of-the-night, deep inky-maroon gladioli challenged me! The Da Vinci Alizarin Crimson is semi-transparent, but the secondary top color had to be quite opaque, and i don’t like nor work well with opaque paints. I painted them in my Nostalgie journal, … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing | Tagged #gladiola, #gladiolas, #gladioli, alizarin crimson, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, DaVinci watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, Matteo Grilli, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor | 5 Comments

Peach Glads

Posted on September 8, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Can you spot the mistake? (I corrected it by now….) Middle-of-the-night, I took on the peach gladioli Mitchell gave me earlier in the week. I tried one of the new DaVinci watercolors, Rose Dore, a quinacridone paint. Such a pretty … Continue reading →