I did some more work on my painting this weekend, but without the driven focus that I had on Friday. I'm now to the point of doing each petal individually with a wet on wet technique.

More pictures:

Saturday morning I got up and started pulling/rubbing off the masking fluid from the flower. In doing that I discovered that masking fluid does damage the paper a bit. Then I put down a couple washes of lemon yellow overall and painted in the center of the flower with it as well. I also worked in a tiny tiny amount of Hooker's green on the bottom petal center.

Next was about 3-4 washes of Cadmium Yellow to build up the yellow-orange base of the flower petals. This took most of Saturday to do as I have to let it completely dry between washes. paint for 10 minutes, leave for an hour, come back for another 10, for most of the day. Tedious. I'm starting to realize why people recommend having several projects on the go.

Next was a couple washes of a thin mix of Cadmium Yellow and a teensy tiny touch of Cadmium Red. The colour is a perfect match for the flower I'm working from now.

Today I'm doing the red streaking in Cadmium Red in a wet on wet method. Since each petal needs to be dry before I can do the one beside it (the paint would bleed over, otherwise) I'm doing a lot of waiting. Ugh. :)

I think I may just finish this painting up by tonight, hopefully.