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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:

  1. exquisite again :)
    Stay inspired!

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

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

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

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

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  6. Iris are lovely and you did an amazing job.

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  7. Beautiful, Jane! Fabulous background wash!

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

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

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

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

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  12. 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 !

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

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  14. Beautifully delicate and soft as always. Gorgeous!

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  15. 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

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  16. hello renate big thankyou :)

    christiane many thanks value your feedback

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

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