So disappointing - my real nastursium seedlings are taking a hammering by greenfly so yesterday I finally gave in and sprayed them with bug spray. I hope they pull through as I love their tumultuous tumbling oranges, reds and yellows .
Meantime I started a loose nastursium watercolour as part of a demo I did at the Kestral Art Society in Pencoed, Bridgend last Thursday.
It remained unfinished as time ran out so I am going to continue with it here and see how it turns out.
TOP TIP:- For complex and larger drawings such as this do them onto very fine (90gsm) tracing paper and NOT onto your expensive watercolour paper. Transfer your image when all the correcting and rubbing out has been done on the tracing paper by using this pencil like carbon paper which can be rubbed out - It is called SARAL - http://www.cheapjoes.com/catalog/product/view/id/21762/
I stretched my Arches hot pressed 90pbs paper on quarter inch plyboard and when dry I used masking tap in a belt and braces tactic to stop and pulling away at the sides as I worked very wet.
Dimensions are about 11×15 inches so it’s a nice comfortable size for me I don’t like working very big.
Paints are Winsor and Newton: Cadmium Yellow, Scalet Lake, Cerulean, Sap Green, Pthalo Blue
Here are some nastursiums I painted last year as inspired by the photo above - still not completely finished but I quite like the half done look! Do You?
I did not mask out the flowers as I had decided to paint around them. I could have masked them out and done a wild wet into wet background though.
I am going to continue to build the flowers and the background equally and see how that looks…..
The Pottering Artist 
Hi there,
May i use your nastursium artpiece as a background of a wedding card and stationery theme? Thank you 🙂
Hi atie - would you like to get in touch with me via eastwitching@hotmail.com about that? Sorry fo rmy late reply.
Very pretty painting, looks so delicate!
That’s kind of you Milka - I am going to do a few small warm-up flower heads next before re-launching myself at the bigggie!
I shared water lily photos today. I bet they would look great in watercolor.
http://milkapejovic.com/2013/05/22/pink-water-lilies/
These are stunning! Are they in a park near where you live?
Yes, at the San Diego Botanic Garden. The zoo also has water lilies in bloom right now. Water lilies don’t grow on their own here so you find them in landscaped areas. I love to spot them!
That must be a wonderful place to have where you can photograph..
Ooo…I love your ‘painting on the go’. Wonderful. I will be planting my nasturtium seeds this week so will need to wait a while to paint them. 🙂
Hi Kathleen - there is nothing like having made a few painting starts is there - works in progress. At one time I used to have about 25 years ago. I must build up to that again. I hope your seedlings fare better than mine! Thanks
Lovely! Nasturtiums bring back fond childhood memories of watching the water droplets roll over the leaves.
That’s a lovely image and they do collect water droplets beautifully don’t they:) Thanks Vanessa
Wow - I wish I owned one of your original paintings. I love how you used the colour in this one.
That’s really kind of you rotkehlchen - I am flattered and happy to hear this touches you…