Magnolia in Primary Colors

[eller]

I was not actually trying to produce an ATC in primary colors only - it just happened, and I only noticed when I was going to start coloring the branches (I do dark colors last so they don't smudge and ruin the whole painting) and said to myself, no, I'm not going to add another pigment in the last minute... Instead, I followed the Second Law of Watercolors: anything you mix will sooner or later turn into muddy brown. This time, the principle actually proved useful.



Materials I used:
Stillman&Birn Zeta Series sketchbook (270 g/m²)
Watercolors: Turner Permanent Lemon (PY109), ROSA Gallery Magenta Rose (PR122), ShinHan PWC Cerulean Blue (PB35)
White gel pen (Pentel)

Comments

[yhlee]

Oooh!!! So poetic. :D

Hahahaha the MUD principle. :D I learned that the hard way...

[eller]

BWAHAHA, yeah, so did I. XD It's probably the universal experience when getting started with watercolors.

[yhlee]

I KNOW, I remember "but the colors were so bright, why did they MUD when I mixed four of them?!" :facepalm:

[eller]

Artistic entropy.

[amberdreams]

That blue makes such a beautiful sky

[eller]

Yes, it's the 'sky blue' as far as I'm concerned :)

[sabotabby]

Oooh I really like this one.

[eller]

Thank you! :)

[wayfaringwordhack]

Perfect contrast of flower, branches, and sky!

[eller]

Thanks! :D

[dhampyresa]

So pretty!