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Start Art 5 38 RT START www.painters-online.co.uk 15 Make a thin mix of cobalt blue and use the size 4 brush to paint a thick outline round the left-hand segment of the large leaf at the bottom of the painting. Lay the brush almost flat to prevent a hard line from forming, and make sure that the paint is very dilute 8 Draw the paint out while wet to form stamens. For finer control, draw your brush lightly over a cloth rag to draw off excess paint and water 9 Make a stronger mix of brown madder with cobalt violet, and draw a fine line around the centre of the rose 10 Draw the paint out to form darker stamens, then stipple the tips by dotting paint on to the very ends of the paint strokes 11 Allow to dry thoroughly, then glaze the centre with a thin wash of quinacridone gold and cadmium orange to complete the central rose 12 Make a stronger mix of cadmium lemon and quinacridone gold and draw a wide, wet outline round one of the petals of the flower above the completed rose 13 Paint the other petals of the uppermost flower, adding a touch more quinacridone gold on the central petals. At the very centre, add a touch of cadmium orange 14 Paint the flower at the bottom of the picture. This flower is warmer-toned, so use more gold in the basic mix, and add a touch of rose lake for the shading ✎ T I P Watercolour paints will appear lighter when they are dry than when they are wet, so bear this in mind as you paint the shades