Camellia Study
Camellia Study – 7.5″ x 6″ – watercolor on paper
It’s camellia season at Descanso Gardens again. Here’s a quick study I did of one of the countless blooms in the massive camellia forest.
Yesterday we went to the Irvine Museum to see the last day of the exhibit “Majestic California.” The museum will now be closed for a week while they hang their new show of paintings representing spring in California. All this nature viewing has me inspired to paint, paint, paint.
The colors used here were mostly thalo blue, new gamboge, opera, payne’s gray, and a few small touches of colored pencil in the stamen area.
Jim
January 14, 2007
Flowers in bloom, already; so up here in Washington state, spring can’t be too far away, can it? Lovely watercolor.
Linda
January 14, 2007
Camellias! And a whole garden full of them! Wondeful!
Carol C.
January 14, 2007
Camellias!! Beautiful! Here in Western Washington we still have snow on the ground and temps below freezing…..spring feels very far away!!–Carol C.
Katherine
January 15, 2007
I was just thinking at the weekend that I need to check out whether the camellias have started blooming in the gardens I visit where they are splendid. So nice to see a watercolour study of one.
Brenda Yarborough
January 15, 2007
Beautiful colors for a beautiful bloom! I especially like the swirling look of the leaves – very reflective of the camellia blossom.
Kate (Cathy) Johnson
January 15, 2007
YUM, that is gorgeous! We’re far from springlike here…
Laura
January 15, 2007
Karen, we’re having a banner camellia season here, too, because of the mild winter. This sketch is luminous and gorgeous.
Frank B.
January 17, 2007
Hi Karen,
Your comments reminded me to stop by and once again be amazed with what your doing. Loved the Camellia but got really stopped with your “minature” oil. Very impressive!
Frank
andrea
January 18, 2007
Beautiful colour.