Pasque-flower (watercolor art)

Hi friends!

This is another spring primrose - a flower with fluff on the leaves and the stem.

I decided that watercolor paints and ... ordinary table salt would be best for his drawing.
And I also need masking liquid and a synthetic brush

Reference

I apply masking liquid to the area where the flower will be depicted.
Then I mix the blue tones - ultramarine, cobalt and violet and paint the background.
At the bottom of the drawing, I paint some stripes with ocher mixed with cadmium red and yellow.
And I cover this lower area of picture with salt while the paper is still wet

I mixing cadmium green yellow and some red to paint the stem of the flower and part of the leaves.
I also apply a new colorful layer to the top of the drawing to make the background more complex and colorful.
For this I needed the same ultramarine, cobalt and red ocher.
I also draw shadows from snowdrifts, where the flower grows.

I remove the masking fluid from the leaf area and paint thin strokes with the same paint mix as for the stem.
I immediately sprinkle these wet touches with salt.

When the paper dries, I remove the salt and use a darker green color to finish the shadows on the leaves.
And I also draw a shadow from a flower - a mix of ultramarine and green

To paint the flower I use cadmium yellow, gold, cadmium orange and cadmium red.
Then, in the second layer, I add green and red ocher in the shade, and lemon cadmium on the most illuminated parts.
I also sprinkle it with salt.

When the paper is completely dry, I remove the salt and add some shadows to the petals and some additional foliage in the background.

The result is such a sunny portrait of a flower that has made its way out from under the snow!

I hope you enjoy these new watercolor techniques too.
Have a nice and creative spring day!

Regards