lunedì 23 aprile 2012

wild iris

© JANE MINTER
"wild iris" 
initial watercolour study
32 x41cm 
painted from life 


.......one of my favorite wild flowers at this time of year are the beautiful purple blue wild irises ....here is an initial study /watercolour wash  of a single flower head . 


25 commenti:

Anonimo ha detto...

exquisite again :)
Stay inspired!

Sadami ha detto...

~(*o*)~! ʚ(ˆ◡ˆ)ɞ·.•*•♫°•♫·.•ʚ(ˆ◡ˆ)ɞ !!

ann @ studiohyde ha detto...

This is beautiful Jane!

Studio at the Farm ha detto...

Well Jane, your iris is drop-dead gorgeous! Bravo!!!

Jarnie Godwin ha detto...

Purple is my favourite colour and the yellow here gives such a lovely contrast.

Watermarycolors ha detto...

beautiful flower.. love the purple!

Χαρά Θεοδωρίτση ha detto...

AMAZING!!!
Besides AS ALL...
FROM GREECE FROM GREECE with admiration

Jane ha detto...

Iris are lovely and you did an amazing job.

Judy ha detto...

Beautiful, Jane! Fabulous background wash!

Sandra Busby ha detto...

It's beautiful Jane. Such gorgeous colours :0D

Sergio DS ha detto...

Imponente, preciosa acuarela.

M. Antònia ha detto...

If it's only "initial", how it'll be final? It's great!

Tito ha detto...

WOW!! Magnifico, mi piace un sacco! Ciao Jane!

Robyn Sinclair ha detto...

You have such a beautiful liquid way with watercolour, Jane. This is lovely.

Sonia Aguiar ha detto...

Just lovely!

JANE MINTER ha detto...

michelle thankyou ..the tracks are great :)

sadami :D !

thankyou ann :)

thanks katharyn ..might add a little detail .

ss one of mine too ... thankyou

mari ..see you love colours !

renate ha detto...

Hello Jane:) Very beautiful as you do it in your style! Great work!

Christiane Kingsley ha detto...

Beautifully delicate and soft as always. Gorgeous!

JANE MINTER ha detto...

xapà greetings + thankyou ..interesting lending library

hi jane painted 3 at the same ..yet to finish the others ...thankyou

hi judy painted this in one hit ... thanks .

hi sandra hope you are making progress ..thanks for looking ..iris are beautiful and challenging to capture will paint more.

hello sergio thankyou for your interest and comment ..do you have a blog ?

m.antonia:) thankyou..had to stop here .. might add a suggestion of a stem.

tito grazie mille ... love that expression "un sacco" ...only had time to paint one iris head too much rain in these days .

hi there robyn lots of water ...will catch up with your blog and painting ..thankyou

JANE MINTER ha detto...

hello sonia thankyou :)

JANE MINTER ha detto...

hello renate big thankyou :)

christiane many thanks value your feedback

Lydie ha detto...

Tres, très belle étude !

JANE MINTER ha detto...

merci - thankyou lydie !

Eva ha detto...

Oh, my god. Wonderful. Nice, nice!!

Blaga ha detto...

Magical!