Primroses
Primula vulgaris
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Watercolour on Paper 1988
5 x 6.5 ins
Fletcher collection
A Watercolour Painting of Primrose Flowers, sometimes
known as English Primroses. I don't remember what image
was used as reference for this painting but I was attempting
to evoke a kind of Victorian Watercolour Painting feel in
the picture, something like the Art of the English Pre-
Raphaelites, John Everett Millais and William Holman
Hunt.
The Primrose is a fairly common Wildflower in Britain.
It is a shade loving plant which Flowers in Spring.
Watercolour Flowers Painting Technique:
The Paper is something like Daler-Rowney Langton
140lb with a Not surface (slight texture, not smooth),
which wasn't stretched beforehand as no heavy Washes
of Watercolour Paint were used. The Pencil Drawing
was allowed to show through and become part of
the character of the picture. The Watercolour Paint was
applied quite dryly in what is known as Drybrush
Technique, a method favoured by the American Realist
Painter Andrew Wyeth.
This Primroses Flower Painting was framed in English Oak.
A Signed Greetings Card of this painting is available click here
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