This is my drawing of fushias. I apply some frisquet to keep some withes.

For the first wash, I applied a warm yellow on the leaves, stems and top of the flowers. I put a warm pink in the flowers and the bottom part, I put some blue at some places in the leaves, some places at the bottom of the flowers and mostly in the empty bottom section. Stapple and dry flat.

On dry paper, I put frisquet on all the flowers, leaves and stems. I apply another wash similar as the first but darker. This is to create the colour of the background flowers we will create negatively later.

I draw some flowers, leaves and stems in the back of the principle ones. I apply another wash of colour around that new drawing. That is negative painting.

Up close.

I find myself with ligntly colored flowers and foliage and my white accents of high light.

I apply a warm green (more yellow) on the leaves but not on the vaines, and on the stems. I dry and then go back on some areas with a cooler green (mostly blue) to create shadow and give the illusion of roundness.

Now the flowers. I keep the white areas to exagerate the sunny spots. It helps determine where to apply the warm pink and cool pink. I apply those washes under each petal, near the heart, to give it fullness.

I add shadow color in the areas of the petal that receive no light. This gives volume to the flower. I add a softened line of cool pink on the stems.

I apply some cool pink at some areas of the stems. I paint the pistils warm and cool, light or dark but I keep some white.

I paint the little lines in the petals, warm on warm, cool on cool, green on whites. I add the finishing touch to te tip of the pistils.

This is "summer begins" 10 x 13, that I had the pleasur of painting with students. It is for sale.