How do you tame a wild watercolor background? Add some wild roses. Here’s a sneak peak of a painting I’ve been working on this weekend. I worked on this painting for a good portion of the day but had to stop when the lighting changed. If all goes well, I’ll be posting the completed painting tomorrow.
Afternoon Artist 
It’s beautiful already! I can’t wait to see the finished piece 🙂
Thanks, Kelly. I’m pleased with the results so far.
OOOOOOooooo! This is gorgeous!!!
Thank you, Beth.
Love the way you handle the gradients within the boundaries of each petal and the blending of the back round color.
Thank you, Elena. It was challenging, but fun.
Have you ever seen the watercolors of Mark Adams? Your control of the colors in your background of this one is very evocative of his work. Really nice!
Thank you, Jill. I love your work. I’m not familiar with Mark Adam’s work but I’ll check it out. This background was based on a tutorial by Janet Whittle. I just taught my sister this technique yesterday and will be posting her painting this week.