I stumbled upon your website while searching for tutorial on watercolor roses. This is a lovely painting. I am also learning to paint in watercolors on my own. Could you tell me how did you, paint the background. Did you use masking fluid on the roses ? If you could take me through the complete process, that would be really great !
Thanks Nisha, I did the roses first, let that dry, then wet the background around it and dropped in colors wet into wet. I think I have a demo showing the in-between-steps at my other blog watercolorjournal.wordpress.com. Look for pink roses demo in the side bar.
For the paintings I have mostly used da Vinci Harbin Kolinsky red sable watercolor brushes, for the sketching that I am doing now, I am simply using the Pentel water brush which is so convenient …. actually took me two years to find here, in this part of the world.
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This is stunning! The chewed leaves and the hint of roses in the background. You have done well.
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Thanks a lot Raji
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Marvelous.. The background has come out very well propping out the flowers..
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Thank u Ramana
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Good painting Neelima… Do you sell as well?
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Thanks Ishrath, I have not started selling my paintings yet..
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Hi Neelima,
I stumbled upon your website while searching for tutorial on watercolor roses. This is a lovely painting. I am also learning to paint in watercolors on my own. Could you tell me how did you, paint the background. Did you use masking fluid on the roses ? If you could take me through the complete process, that would be really great !
Thank you.
Regards,
Nisha 🙂
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Thanks Nisha, I did the roses first, let that dry, then wet the background around it and dropped in colors wet into wet. I think I have a demo showing the in-between-steps at my other blog watercolorjournal.wordpress.com. Look for pink roses demo in the side bar.
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Thank you so much for the reply.
Can I know, which kind of brushes you use ?
I will be following your blog. It is really helpful.
Pls do keep posting your learning’s and experience in painting 🙂
Thank you.
Nisha.
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Hi Nisha,
For the paintings I have mostly used da Vinci Harbin Kolinsky red sable watercolor brushes, for the sketching that I am doing now, I am simply using the Pentel water brush which is so convenient …. actually took me two years to find here, in this part of the world.
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