Friday, July 10, 2009

Kashmiri Flower

One more distinct flower that I saw in Kashmir!
I have used mixed media …acrylics for the flower and water colour for the background.


Gazanias of Kashmir

I saw these striped gazanias in Nishat Bagh, Srinagar.

I have used two media, water colour for the background and acrylic for the flowers. This is because I want flowers to be more opaque than the background.

The following are the steps:
Step1:
After outlining the flowers with a pencil, I applied a wash of light yellow and painted the background.
I used flat brush No. 6.


Step 2:
Then I colored the petals with crimson red and lemon yellow acrylic colors.



Step 3:
I completed the shadows of the petals and made the finishing touches.