My first abstract and I don't remember which way was meant to be up ... :-)

The brief was to abstract a Waratah. A WARATAH ...

 

To be honest, I didn't have the foggiest idea what I was meant to do. We were given a close-up shot of a Waratah (similar to this www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/plants-and-animals/waratah) and asked to abstract it using the forms and shapes of the flower.

 

So, eventually, after a couple of Panadol and Nurofen to ease my headaches thinking about it, I came up with this.

 

Overall, I think this turned out better than expected. I chose safe primary colours and black ink, and kept the colours solid.

I am happy with the background wash which felt really easy to apply on this mould-made paper.

 

I am not sure about heavier lines though. They didn't look too good on a scanned print. So, shall leave as is for the time being.

 

- Bockingford pad (used the back of a painting I didn't like)

- Schmincke watercolours (nice and bright)

- black drawing ink

- felt pen for the lines

 

Done