Flowers in Gouache

One thing I like about painting from life is all the things that happen while you are sitting and drawing.
While I painted these lilacs several pipevine swallowtails visited. They hovered about checking each flower. Then out of nowhere a tiny, reddish brown hummingbird flew in to taste the lilacs.
I use gouache when I need a good purple color. An underpainting of white with yellow helps some of the green leaves stand out on gray paper. The paper I used is from a tablet Strathmore Charcoal paper in various colors.

Comments

[Cat]

Erin,
This is stunning, I love the way you accomplished the bright greens against the gray paper. Also loved the fact that God sent a hummingbird just at the perfect time.