{"id":996,"date":"2014-08-08T20:45:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T03:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/?p=996"},"modified":"2014-08-08T20:45:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T03:45:38","slug":"oregon-gardens-white-blossoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/oregon-gardens-white-blossoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Gardens – White Blossoms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oregon Garden – White Blossoms<\/p><\/div>\n

I went for a walk today in the Oregon Garden and tried out my new art bag and travel chair and my new lap board. Everything worked great. The first thing I did was walk around looking for an interesting subject where I could sit in the shade. I finally found a spot, deployed my new chair, sat down and looked around. I spotted two possible subjects – dark cattails in silhouette, and a large bush with spectacular white blossoms. I opened my bag and pulled out a small clipboard. I had clipped several sheets of typing paper to it before I left the house. I did two quick thumbnail sketches and a larger analytical sketch to warm up and learn a thing or two about my subject. I then pull out my Moleskine watercolor notebook and drew the white bush using a Uni-Ball Vision black 0.7 pen which is waterproof. This is a new pen for me and this was the first time I had tried it on location. I really like it. It is very smooth and the ink drys immediately and does not bleed when you add watercolor. Here are my preliminary sketches and field notes which I wrote after completing the watercolor sketch.<\/p>\n

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White Blossoms Notes<\/p><\/div>\n

I protected the white highlights of the blossoms with a white Phano China Marker. It was hard to see where I put it (drawing white on white) so I kept track as best I could and worked across the page from left to right. I knew that the wax would leave a splotchy texture on this watercolor paper and give the impression of many small flowers within the large blossom heads.<\/p>\n

I worked from light to dark waiting for each layer to dry before applying the next. Finally I added interest in the background by lifting lights and adding darks.<\/p>\n

Here’s a photo reference I took after I was done.<\/p>\n

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White Blossoms Photo Reference<\/p><\/div>\n

All in all a fun and productive outing.<\/p>\n

Jim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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