Lonna iris watercolor painting

   Here is Lonna's beautiful, delicate watercolor of an iris from her garden.

Here is Lonna's photo. I have little to add to Lonna's painting except to say to push the color and values few more passes.

The basic drawing is all there. I've made just a few marks  to indicate the twists and turns of a petal.

1. These arrows show a few areas where the background color might be darker to make the flower in front of it to come forward. Lonna's painting is set up to make these areas darker with a few more passes.

2. Notice the directions and changes of the planes of each petal as they twist and turn in and  out of the primary light source.

Just a few more passes and this will be really sweet.