Delicate Bougainvillea

I know you're probably getting tired of seeing so many bougainvillea paintings but these flowers are fun to paint and since I was out of town last week, had no reference photos for anything else and there were plenty of bougainvillea growing there, that is what I painted.  I'm excited to get back to my studio and do something larger and hopefully a bit more creative.

Delicate Bougainvillea
4" x 6"
Watercolor

Category › bougainvillea paintings , nancy goldman , pink flower paintings

Pink Pink Pink

I love Hollyhocks but haven't planted them in my yard for a while because the leaves always get rust and they don't look very good so I decided to paint them instead.  I used Ampersand Aquabord because it always makes the paintings sparkle.  The paint sits on the surface and the white reflects through the color  very strongly.  I hadn't worked on any aquabord larger than 5" x 5" in the past and this one is 11" x 14" which was a little more challenging.  It's hard (for me) to get smooth washes on larger areas so painting the blue sky was frustrating at first but I finally got it to look the way I wanted. The color is not smooth but I like the texture.  It's also easy to lift color and play with the color values on the aquabord.

I had to let this painting sit for a few weeks because it was looking really "sweet".  I have that problem when I paint pink flowers and blue sky.  The flowers were a very cool pink so I added some warmer pinks and crimsons to take some of the "sweetness" out of it.  I'm happy with it now.

Even though this is a watercolor, I have varnished it with a UV protecting varnish and it can be framed without glass.

Pink Pink Pink
Image Size 11" x 14"
Watercolor
Unframed
$160.00

Category › hollyhock watercolor paintings , nancy goldman , pink flower paintings