This rose is special to me. I've not complemented an oil painting for three years due to not having a suitable environment, a space of my own, and the privacy I needed to do oil paintings. It's been easier to do journaling or ink line and watercolour wash in confined spaces and with interruptions. Finally I have my space set up, a wonderful art studio and artist garden.

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I chose to work in a small scale of A4 size on a 300 gram textured 100% cotton acid free watercolour paper using flow formula acrylic paint to create a simple copy from the photograph - view side image. The paint brands I used were Maimari a very high quality Italian brand.  I also have a few other brands of acrylic paint in my kit, chosen for convenience, as they are commonly available.

After this studio lesson, my husband Reg brought coffee out to my student and me in the studio garden. I did a light-and-shade block-in of a rose as a demonstration painting, and we browsed flower painting art books.

Continuing the lessons in Light and Dark, Tonal Values.
Work dark to light, as your canvas is light and you seek to work efficiently.
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Choose a not too complex subject in a two dimensional form and you are effectively copying this across, sight size to another two-dimensional form, your canvas.

Henri Matisse