As may have been obvious from the before picture of the yesterday's page—or even the leaves on this drawing—my typical watercolour style is pretty loose, that is, lots of wet on wet.

/OnePlus/2020T/20200525T/IMG_20200525_112302adj.jpg; crop, uniform transform tool; painted and photographed 25may2020, approx 6x9mm, watercolours on Strathmore brand cold press paper, 140lb/300g/sq-m, sheet 4, reverse.

But I love the photorealistic quality of botanical illustration, which may include a bit of wet on wet, but is much more dependent on slow, controlled glazes building up layers of colour. —That's not really what I'm doing here, which honestly is closer to cross-hatching with watercolour, instead of ink.

OnePlus/2020T/20200525T–this reference shot was taken with my phone.

And here's a reference shot of the flower I tried to paint. As you can see I lost control of the browns in that bottom petals, so I decided I might as well add some graphic patterns. As the image below shows, I finished this piece in its entirety onsite:

OnePlus/2020T/20200525T

added peony tag, 07jun22

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