It was a dreary day today–cloudy, cool, and drizzly–not the best day to be outside but a perfect day to stay inside and paint. The soft lighting allowed me to sit by the kitchen windows and paint for hours without interruption from the late afternoon sun. These pink miltonia orchids were a pleasure to paint. The variegated leaves were easy to paint and the brightly colored petals really pop against the dark green background.
This painting was based on a tutorial in the book, “Orchids in Watercolor” by Ann Mortimer.
This is absolutely beautiful! I wish you made fabric so I could make a dress out of it for The Kentucky Derby!!
Beth
Well, there’s always next year!
Do you have plans?
Plans to attend the Derby? No. Or plans to create a fabric line? I hadn’t thought of that until you mentioned it, but it would be fun and I’ll certainly look into it.
Actually I was thinking about plans to have a fabric line. Let me know if something materializes (pun intended) I’d like to be your first customer. 🙂 Happy Monday!
Beth
That would be awesome, and I certainly will. Have a great day. Loved your polka top refashion!
Beautiful flowers and wow! Those lines on the petals are so precise! Lovely. 🙂
Thanks, Cindy!
Absolutely beautiful !
Great work ❤❤❤
Thank you, Violet.
Gorgeous – I love the beautiful softness of the background.
Thankyou, Catie.
Beautiful! Yummy colors! I’ll bet the fairies would like to play in them!
Now that’s a fabulous idea!
Watercolors just the way they’re supposed to be!… Pretty
Thank you, Divad. I love the translucency of watercolors.
Amazing colors, Jill!
Thank you, Francesca.
Beautiful painting!
Thanks so much, Pat.
REally wonderful Jill!
Thank you Elena. I had fun painting this one.
Hi Jill,
you paint such beautiful watercolors!
Two or three years ago I attended to a watercolor course at the Rome botanical city garden, it was a unique experience: they teached how to depict botanical illustrations, such as these you may find in ancient books.
I learned there how to use watercolors and then went on by myself.
You have a wonderful choose of backgrounds, it is very important, in my opinion, for a painting 🙂
If you wish to know new artists, I add the links of my teachers, they are great artists as well, and dedicate to botanical watercolor painting:
Aurora Tazza
http://auroratazza.blogspot.it/
Maria Rita Stirpe
http://www.mariaritastirpe.it/wordpress/
Thank you, Streamfairy. And thank you for the links.
Thank you again for the links. I love their botanical paintings. Gorgeous!
So, so pretty! 😀
Thank you!
Jill, this is very beautiful (don’t know how come I’ve missed it). I love the amazing delicacy and grace of your watercolor works.
Thank you, Mary. You may have missed this post because my posts are no longer appearing in WordPress’s Reader and I can’t figure out why….
You’re most welcome, Jill. Then I’m gonna visit your blog more regularly. Can’t wait to see more of your wonderful paintings!
Thanks, Mary. That’s quite a compliment coming from you. I so admire your work!
That’s very kind of you, Jill. Thanks to you!