While working on some other projects I couldn't resist to do some Rose paintings.

Here are a few. Pink Roses, white Roses and a Yellow Rose. Some are painted on 140 Lb coldpressed paper, others on hotpressed paper and others on the heavier 340 Lb coldpressed paper. I like all three surfaces.

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In my previous post I mentioned that I was working on a pink Rose in oil. Today I finished this painting. It needed longer then  I thought, because I really needed to get a feeling for the oil colours again. But with each brushstroke I was getting more confidence.

Currently I am working on another Rose in oil. It is a creamy white Rose. The german name is Rose Elfe, which means in english: Rose Fairy.

Here is a photo of my working process.

As you can see I  covered my white canvas with a lemon yellow underwash in acrylic. I chose acrylic because it dries very fast.

I am right handed and so I started in the left corner. I do not work in layers. It is totally different to my watercolors.  I paint in a direct way using opaque and transparent colours. I apply my colours just where I see them and then blend them together. It also allows me to soften my edges immediately. But this doesn't mean that I never have to go back to some areas. Often I see things later where I need to add another layer or to darken areas or to lighten then or to change the colours a bit. But it gives you a good suggestion about how I work with oils. I am using only Walnut oil and Walnut Alkyd Medium from M. Graham - no turpentine - nothing else.

I am currently working on two paintings - a figurative painting of a young girl at a lazy afternoon and another Hydrangea painting on Aquabord - both in watercolor.  I will post a WIP of them when there is something to show.

So long I am just wishing you all a wonderful friday with this Orange Rose. This is a Watercolor Painting and size is 10"x12", painted on coldpressed paper.

As I promised here is a new step of my current Roses painting.

I have started with some leaves to get a better feeling for the roses. The roses are looking so different on the white paper and to have them  surrounded with the leaves makes it easier to go on. And it is better to see how the colours work on them.

The colours on the leaves and stems were created with some indian yellow, aureolin, burnt sienna, sap green and helio turquoise. This is only the beginning. I may not forget to add also some of the roses colour (permanent rose and alizarin crimson mixed with phthalo blue) to the leaves.

I will show the next step very soon.

I am sorry,  the photo of the girl in watercolor which I posted yesterday was very bad, so here is also a better one.

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Deutsch: Wie ich versprochen habe zeige ich hier einen weiteren Schritt meines Rosenbildes.

Begonnen habe ich nun mit einigen Blättern, um ein besseres Gefühl für die Rosen zu bekommen. Die Rosen sehen so unterschiedlich aus auf weißem Papier, aber wenn sie umgeben sind von einigen Blättern ist es einfacher fortzufahren. Man sieht dann besser, wie die Farben wirken.

Für die Farben auf den Blättern benutzte ich Indian Yellow, Aureolin, Burnt Sienna, Sap Green und Helio Turquoise. Das ist jedoch nur erst der Anfang. Ich darf nicht vergessen, auch die Farben der Rosen (Permanent Rose und Alizarin Crimson gemischt mit Phthalo Blue) zu den Blättern hinzuzufügen.

Den nächsten Schritt werde ich sehr bald zeigen.

Es tut mir leid, jedoch war das Foto von dem gemalten Mädchen in Aquarell, was ich gestern zeigte, sehr schlecht, so hier ist ein besseres.

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