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Print a copy of the rose page, we will lay tracing paper over this page to practice. On paper basecoat 8 circles, mine are 1 3/8". On this size circle I used a #10 short bristle flat brush to paint the rose. You may choose your favorite rose color, I used Jo Sonja Brown Madder and of course white. I hope a lot of you want to paint roses, I will be kind. Nancy |
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On the palette paint a 1/2 “ long stripe of paint. Wiggle the brush back and forth down the stripe, stroke over the wiggles to load the brush with the blended paint. There should be three values in the brush, light, medium, and dark. Continue to use the stripe to load your brush, adding paint as needed, until it gets messy. Start a new stripe the same way; you should get one rose for each stripe |
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Mentally think of your circle as the face of a clock. The first stroke starts on the 9-3 line. The brush is double loaded. Touch with very little pressure on the chisel edge with light value up. Slide the brush up and around 11 start to move to the flat edge and increase pressure. After 1 lift pressure and move the brush to the chisel edge again.
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Upper side petal; this is NOT a comma stroke. A comma will give you too much tail in the center of the rose. Stay near the edge of the circle and touch down with the brush, touching the tail of the first stroke. Apply pressure and slide the brush to the chisel edge. This stroke is from 2- 4 on the clock. Reverse for the other side.
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Lower side petals; Same stroke as 2 laid down a little bit, again following the side of the circle.
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Bottom outside petal; this is a slide stroke with the light value down away from the center of the rose. Touch on the chisel edge of the brush under the lower side petal, slide the brush, and apply pressure on the light side of the brush at 7. At 6 the stroke is widest and you release pressure and finish on the chisel edge under the opposite lower side petal. This forms the outer petals of the rose.
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Inner petal #1; The next stroke is the same as #1 but smaller and inside the first stroke, start the stroke just below a line from 9-3 and finish on the same line. You can add little filler petals with just a touch and pull.
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Inner Petal #3; Same as #1 but upside down with the light value up. Touch on the tail of #1 and finish touching the other tail of the upper stroke.
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Second lower inner petals; This is two petals painted from the center out. Start in the center just below the previous petal and release pressure going to the chisel edge and finish the stroke touching the tails of the # 1 outside stroke.
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Filler petals; These represent the edges of petals. It is easier to use a smaller brush for these petals and they are mostly light value.
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Hope this helps
you with painting Stroke Roses,
Nancy
