Idea for my Georgia O' Keeffe inspired close up drawing. Here's an outline of a close up flower. In progress final piece, I made sure to add raindrops for more texture. I would've originally stopped here because that's my art style. I don't usually add a lot of value and I like things looking subtle. I chose to use blue water color even though my reference picture was originally pink. It contrasts better in my opinion. Well that escalated quickly. This is the final final piece.
I feel it's neat for my experience in watercolor. I would hope it's well crafted. I tried to add texture to the floor so it didn't look too flat. As for depth and value, I did fairly well. I know that because as I was adding layer after layer I had time to re evaluate my entire life and question my existence. I do feel I used a full range of values considering I didn't use black. I kept layering the blues. I think I represented Georgia's art in the complimentary colors and close perspective. And she likes making abstract flowy art and my piece fits that category. I used blue and orange because they're complimentary and kind of remind me of the beach. Or something summery. Stereotypically it's a more masculine look on something flowy and feminine and I like contrasting in ideas and colors. I used the raindrops as a way to show light was hitting them, and added dark shadows to where the petals overlapped one another. I also added darker colors to create texture and shadows. I had a hard time adding the texture and layering layers after layers without messing up texture. I had to re apply a lot of details, I also missed a day and had to think of ideas on the spot. I don't feel too connected to the piece and it caused me to feel a lack of motivation to finish but this project taught me something. To improve my piece I would've added more shadows and color to the flower instead of making it one solid color. I also had little to zero experience in drawing and shading water or rain drops. So I would be a bit more patient with those.
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