Garden Riot [11”x11”, watercolour on yupo]

It was lovely to get back to painting yesterday.  Sharon reviewed several techniques for watercolour painting on synthetic Yupo paper. 

This piece was painted loosely at the beginning [see above] puddling colors together in a “chaos” approach.  The jewel like colors I used suggest floral shapes.  So, after the initial washes dried I went back in with some darks to define the shapes.  The beauty [and challenge] of Yupo is that it lifts cleanly back to white.  I added a lattice in the background to give the piece some depth.  This is a fun process…. 

Enjoy!