Yellow Iris from Garden Photos

So far the problem I'm having is making the petals the right shape and shading them in such a way that they have a sense of movement.

The other thing that's interesting this time around is that I am mixing several types of water based media so that i will have a wider range of yellows to work with. at this point they had 5 different shades of yellow on them.

 This project is being done with a mix of gouache, watercolor paints and watercolor pencils. (At least they were at this stage)

I spent the day working and reworking the flowers but just couldn't find a balance that showed the edges and shape of the flower petals without outlining so I gave up on that but instead of tossing the whole picture I did save the leaves and stems into the computer.

Now that I have them to work with I can use them with any of the flower blossoms that I have saved over the last 16 years.

Iris in All Colors

I thought a drawing would be good for me because i need to rely on drawing the details instead if just blocking in color when I use plain ink.

These few remaining Iris were part of a trade with one of my neighbors when I moved here 17 years ago.

There are a lot more of these Iris which were a gift from my brother.

There is only one of these so I will be trying to add new Iris next year to start to build a nice collection of them.

There are only 2 yellow Iris plants so I'm always anxious for these to bloom each season because they make such nice bouquets with the rest of the flowers blooming at the same time.

In this last photo there is a photo at the top and a drawing in markers on the bottom.

The Second Yellow Iris