The Buzz on the "Blossom"

I started this watercolor tonight of

the bee on the crabapple tree. That is

my small set of watercolors that I usually

travel with (it just went to Greece!) But

it takes up less room on my desk, so I like

to use it. These are the initial washes, the

lightest parts of the painting. Watercolor looks

best built up in transparent layers. They call it "glazing".

I will work on these flowers in the foreground

until they are finished. Then I will mask them

out with masking fluid, and paint the background

looser and wetter. You can do it either way.

But since my masking fluid is all dried up! I

will have to do it this way. This painting (if

successful) may end up in the Blossom Art

Competition. will see...

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