Blue Anemone Flowers painted with Oils and on watercolour paper

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These Blue Anemone flowers were painted with Oil paint on 300 lb (686 gm) Saunders Waterford watercolour paper, primed with Gelatine, using LeFranc and Bourgeois oil paint. The Oil paint was thinned with Zest-it brush cleaner and dilutant and used to paint the background. Additional oil colours were added whilst it was still wet, very little paint was needed and it was gently brushed to blend - giving a delicate watercolour effect. The Anemone flowers were under-painted using thinned oil paint and then oil paint and Zest-it Clear Painting medium to paint the petals, buds and leaves. The texture of the paper can be clearly seen in the above close up, which is larger than life size. Click the link to find out more about painting mediums in general.