My neighbor grows beautiful Dahlias:
I was inspired by Rachel Murphree who does such beautiful watercolors to try painting one today. Be sure to check out Rachel’s blog here. She also sells her amazing paintings!
My neighbor let me clip a few flowers for a vase. Unfortunately, Jack Frost had started to nip some of the flower blooms but I still thought they were stunning:
Sorry the photo is a bit small but I had to crop out the tuna can sitting on the kitchen counter…lol!
I started by sketching my subject with a black micron pen:
I tried to stay loose and not over think it.
I then added 2 layers of watercolors – here is the finished painting:
My colors aren’t as bright as the actual flowers but I decided I liked it this way. It was fun to “Doodlewash” it! If you don’t know about Doodlewashing – check out Charlie’s blog!
Happy Painting! 🙂