Artist: Lela Stankovic
Medium: watercolor
Size: 12x16 inches
Medium: watercolor
Size: 12x16 inches
My initial idea was to keep the painting with a white background. And then, as it sometimes happen, a few unplanned colored water drops found their way from my water jar to the pristine white background, and the stain could not be removed. Obviously, I had to introduce background. And here it is. 95% of the painting was done by using wet on wet technique, and 5% dry brush. All is soft, dreamy and hazy. It reminds me how we look and feel first thing in the morning, before the first cup of coffee or tea.
What a fantastic painting. So much detail,beautiful.
A lovely painting and I think far better than the original photo which was rather on the dark side. The detail on the rose and peanuts is accurate and extremely clear. I love the yellow haze in the background, it makes me think of a lovely sunny and bright morning.
A wonderful painting. It’s perfect!!!
Wow! Such great detail. What brushes do you use?
Thank you Debbie for your kind words. Very much appreciated.
For painting the cup and peanuts, I used 1) Round Raphaël Kazan Squirrel Quill Mop #3/0 for clear water washes and 2) a small round Silver Black Velvet #2, series 3000s brush.
And I did use one more brush I purchased on Ebay as a set of 9 for 5$. And to my big surprise they were actually real sable and were perfoming extremely well for painting details.
Well worth the price. Here is the link: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/9pcs-Set-Artist-Weasel-Hair-Brush-Pen-for-Gouache-Watercolor-Paint-Oil-Painting/282909133981?hash=item41deb2cc9d:g:9xAAAOSwNFVawjaw
For background I used a large flat 2″ goat hair brush and large #10 synthetic round brush.
Thank you. This information is very helpful to me. I want to paint more botanicals and always struggle with the details. Who can beat that price!! I went ahead and bought those brushes. I can not wait.
I’m not impressed with it, it’s so wonderful. The fact that it has almost a real impact, I think this is a painting technique, maybe more layered?