Tulips Demo step 17

Now I've done the third orange with green bloom and completed the middle tulips, then started on the pale orange lower left as seen here, trying to overlap shapes and put darks against lights and vice versa.

Tulips Demo step 16

Now I must complete the middle section, so stay tuned!

Tulips Demo step 15

In this view, the magenta tulip and beginning of red one next to it are seen up close, just dripping in the rich colors against yellows of the old oil painting.

Demo Tulips step 14

The orange open tulip is now done with its center arylide yellow and gamboge at its base. I darkened the stamens using quin burnt orange and Midnight Blue, varying each one to be different.

Demo Tulips step 13

A close up view of the open tulip with its spread out petals. I used Organic Vermilion with touches of Permanent Red (DV). Stamens are quin gold while the base of tulip is Green Gold (DS) with quin gold.

Demo Tulips step 12

From this photo, you can see the back row is done. Front left purplish tulip is quinacridone violet, permanent rose, and quin magenta with darkest darks being Carbazole violet. Dark blackish stamens in the red/orange one is a mix of quin burnt orange + Midnight blue (AJ).

Demo Tulips step 11

Painting the pale pink tulip behind the white one was done using Taylor's Pink Flamingo by American Journey; it is an opaque. If you use more water, though, the pigment will behave like transparents. Its neighbor back there was also a darker pink using permanent rose. Red orange bloom was using Organic Vermilion, a most juicy vibrant orange by Daniel Smith; also used gamboge, permanent red (DV), and Grumbacher Red. The other white tulip is also started.

Stems/leaves were put in with mix of arylide and UB, Prussian, and manganese blue. Remember to always ALWAYS vary your colors. Tony Couch told us at his last workshop here to not go more than 3-4" without changing colors anywhere in a painting.