Intermediate Watercolor Painters Paint the Peony!!!

Top: Cindy Staples; David McNeal; Barbara Pelly; Bottom: Rose Hawkins; Misty Steinke.

I was very proud of my painters this week when they did their renditions of the peony.  As you can see, I have very talented students (better than the teacher, Eh?), and we worked 2 weeks on this one.  Some, still aren't completed.  I am so happy to be working with these wonderful painters and we are truly a watercolor family.

Rosie's Peony 2

I finished this painting this week as a lesson for my intermediate watercolor painting class at Riverside Art Center in Wapakoneta, Ohio.  

This painting is approximately 9" x 11" and is painted on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold-pressed watercolor paper.  The greens are all mixed from cadmium yellow and pthalo blue watercolors from Blick.  The pinks are mostly mixed from quinacridone rose violet from Holbein.