Watercolor Painting an Orchid: Blossom Sides

Video Transcript

"OK, we're putting straight rose in at this point. But we're going to add some cobalt blue to it. So it's going to mix on the paper. This wet and wet. And there's a split between the two sides. So we're just going to focus on this one side. And now we're coming back with a big brush in order to soften the rose area. OK. And now we're going to come in with cobalt. Let's mix with rose and that's the best route. We need more cobalt because it's turning into a reddish violet and we need more of a neutral violet that's not too reddish and not too bluish. So we've added cobalt straight to this. That's what it's taking to do. Make sure you soften out the edges. And where the split is you want it to be not straight, not perfectly straight, but mostly straight."