Pathway To Spring Bouquet with Vinita Pappas (Watercolor)
This is a beautiful four-part demonstration of a beautiful watercolor painting called "Pathway to Spring" by Vinita Pappas. This painting is a combination of extremely loose painting and detailed rendering.
In this painting, Pappas captures the essence of spring by using a floral composition with a color scheme of pinks and purples. She uses a 300-pound rough paper to ensure it does not buckle. This is a meticulously planned composition with a detailed sketch before the painting process even begins.
The painting process begins with the color blocking of all the flowers, starting with the lighter values of the roses and then moving to the darker values. Vinita uses a combination of sharp defined edges and soft, fluid edges to get a feel for how the colors will blend together.
Throughout the painting process, Pappas share the technique of painting almost geometric, abstract shapes, rather than painting individual leaves and petals. For the upper part, she uses a number eight Kolinsky sable brush and then switches to a mop brush for the lower area, allowing for more water and drips to occur. It showcases the beauty of watercolor with its colors merging, drips happening, and color separation going on.
The finished painting will leave you feeling as though you have just taken a walk down a beautiful pathway to spring.
In this lesson you will learn:
- How to create a detailed sketch for a floral painting
- How to choose the right paper weight for your watercolor painting
- How to work with varying amounts of water when painting flowers
- How to create lost edges and soft edges in your watercolor painting
- How to choose a color scheme for a floral painting
- How to work with different brush sizes for small shapes in your watercolor painting
- How to use a mop brush for a looser watercolor painting
- How to create drips in your watercolor painting using gravity
- How to balance loose painting with specific rendering in your watercolor painting
- How to appreciate the beauty of merging colors and color separation in watercolor painting.
"Pathway to Spring" is a stunning watercolor painting by Vinita Pappas that combines loose painting and detailed rendering to capture the essence of spring with a floral composition of pinks and purples. Pappas meticulously plans her composition with a detailed sketch before using a combination of sharp defined edges and soft, fluid edges to get a feel for how the colors will blend together in this beautiful demonstration.