How to Paint a Genesis Rose
The Genesis rose is a variety of rose you can use as a subject for a beginner's painting. Choose the paint medium that you would like to use. Oil, acrylic or water color are three good choices.
Don't give up if your first attempt doesn't turn out as perfectly as you would like. Art instructor Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, documents that many of Van Gogh's early paintings were amateurship and that his talent was developed gradually. That might be true of you as well.
Things You'll Need
- Paper for water paint
- Sharp pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- Water paints
- Paint brushes, sizes 2,3, 4 and 6
- Water
- White aquacover
Instructions
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Painting a Genesis Rose
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Print or obtain a photograph of a (real) Genesis rose from which to base your drawing. Don't base your drawing on someone else's artwork. You can find a book in the library that has a suitable photo, or you can obtain a photo from the Internet.
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Choose your paint medium. Water color might be the easiest to get started with. If you feel you have mastered the technique for watercolor, you can then move on to acrylic or oil.
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Use several sizes of paint brushes to create your artwork. Pick your colors. Some typical colors to use in a Genesis rose painting are shades of yellow, orange, rose, crimson, blue, purple and green. Specific names for each color will be different depending on the brand of paint that you are using.
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Paint areas of the paper that will be white with a pale yellow or off-white color. The pure white of the canvas is a bit too stark, and the painting will look more complete if you provide color to, what would be, the blank areas. Use a medium size to large brush, size number six or larger for blank areas.
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Paint the soft pink petals of the rose with a medium size brush, size number six. The color can be a mixture of rose and orange, or any appealing color combination that you choose. Paint the petals lengthwise rather than across.
The key to painting beautiful and realistic petals is to leave white areas which represent depressions in the petal, painting some edges darker and some areas lighter. Mix things up a little within the realm of a general pattern for each petal. Use a smaller size brush for details and edges.
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Tools and materials to paint a Genesis Rose are simple and inexpensive. Soften the edges of your petals with a flat brush once they are finished.
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Paint the green of the small leaves surrounding the flower. This helps to break up the color, giving a pleasing background for the rose. The leaves of a rose are portioned into two vertical halves, so the color on either side will be of a different shade of green. Use a small brush, size number three for leaves and paint the leaves lenghtwise.
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Cover stray paint or marks on your painting with aquacover or a similar solution, which is like a type of whiteout for water color paint. The solution you use should match the color of your paper.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep your pencil drawing lines fine and light so they do not show through your painting. Some artists erase the drawing lines in each area before applying the paint.
Some artists utilize stencils of flowers which can then be traced onto your paper or canvas. The paper has a type of ink, so that by tracing the picture, it leaves the outline below.
Use a synthetic brush for acrylic or watercolor. A natural or synthetic brush can be used for oil paint.
References
- Photo Credit rose image by Nedda from Fotolia.com paint pbushes image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.com paints image by max blain from Fotolia.com
