Confluence - Hollyhock Lines
Watercolor painting. Original size 11×11”
Winsor-Newton pigments, 140lb Arches cold press water color paper.
Done using reference photos of hollyhocks (Alcea Rosea Nigra) from my garden. Should be nearly black, but I like these colors.
I rarely paint ‘just’ flowers, but hopefully this will be part of a triptych with other elements.
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Painted florals, 06/04/09
Just watercolors 06/09
Original accepted to a juried exhibition:
“CWS 2009 New Trends Exhibit”
September 14 to 27
Co-Art Gallery
846 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO
Confluence - Hollyhock Lines belongs to the following groups:
Fine Arts, Impressionism Café, Impressionist Art, JUST WATERCOLOURS - 2 art in 24 hrs, Painted Florals! , Solo Exhibition, Vibrant Plants and Water Media (Paintings by hand only) Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
Jerri Johnson
This is soooooo beautiful….magnificent painting!
izzybeth
EXCELLENT!!!
Keith Reesor
Marvelous!! :)
tiffatron
wow beautiful textures
jgmart
Stunning watercolor – always exellent work!
Anita Art
love the color and texture so amazing
calves
Fabulous work!!!
melbourneguy75
Lovely work :)
caradione
this is a beautiful painting… just stunning
Ruth Vilmi
How very beautiful, ArtPearl. Thank you for the soft colours and delicate tendrils and twigs:-)
bevmorgan
Delicious colours and textures. Gorgeous piece of work.
Blended
Very pretty!
Waleska Luker
So lovely! It fits perfectly in the First Things Group!
carlinecasey
beautiful painting ,very soft….
Kate Eller
Such nice work. Colors are perfect. Expertly painted
Helen Haidner
very beautiful, love the white dots on flower.
Lucindawind
gorgeous !
Barbara Applegate
Beautiful such a soft feel
andrew j wrigley
beautiful! love your style!
QuantumResults
I wanted to vote for this in the One Picture Tells a thousand Words RedBubble comp, but I couldn’t see how to do it. Would you mind just clarifying how we get to do that please. It’s a beautiful work – i did go to the group and gave up trying to find it after clicking into about 20 panels of thumbnails. Thanks
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ArtPearl less than a minute ago
Thank you for even trying!
You need to connect to the challenge
http://www.redbubble.com/painters-in-modern-times/challenges/5559-a-picture-paints-a-thousand-words-or-the-redbubble-group-stimulus-package
you get the one of the images in the challenge randomly. If you like that one you click the ‘vote’ button underneath. If not you click the right arrow and you get the next painting. You carry on to the next painting till you get the painting you want to vote for and click ‘vote’. It should say something like ‘thank you for voting’ (You can vote for more than one, you can click the left arrow to go back to previous paintings to add a vote or remove a vote).
Thank you so much !
QuantumResults
OMG!!! there are over 160 paintings in the challenge. I’ll have a go for you
QuantumResults
Oh OK – 152 and yours was in at 150. What are the odds?! I did give you a vote after all thgat. Phew
lefthand
beautiful use of colour and detail.
ANNETTE HAGGER
This is stunning, I love the blending of ‘wet on wet’ technique in this and the textures you have created in this, beautfiul use of colour too ….....anna : )
Blended
This is a wonderful painting! I like the colours and the flow of the painting.
ClaraM
Very nice, love the color
jimmie
Absolutely gorgeous.
Heloisa Castro
excellent
Gabby87
WOW…................................................................. That’s so very cool and nice work and very lovely too!!!!
=D
F.A. Moore
Exquisite.
maria paterson
beautifully painted
Pamela Plante
Lovely-the colors are soothing.
Astrid Strahm
Wonderful Work, Art Pearl… :-)
Susan Duffey
Fantastic and you’ve got my vote just now!
Mariska
Wonderfuly done!!!
Cal Kimola
I recently took a photo of the same colour hollyhock that you have painted here. I was going to paint it but now I’m not so sure. I couldn’t come close to what you have done here. Simply amazing. Such a wonderful use of colour. I like the gray green background.
ArtPearl replied
Thank you!
You should give it a go anyhow – you may surprise yourself, and you’ll definitely have more than you have now (which is…no painting at all:) )
Anyhow, if you want a short outline how I made it b-mail me.
(Tonight is the reception of the exhibition this painting is in – so exciting!)
Mags Williamson
Beautiful!
Sharon Mau 26 days ago
Aloha ‘oe,
Sharon
03 November 2009
K Bock 24 days ago
beautiful work ArtPearl, your painting is beautiful!
Please add it to our group Impressionism Café