Leisure Painter

Say it with flowers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

During an average session painting out of doors, I will complete a work in no more than four hours. The light and weather change, and even the flowers open and fall apart in that time. Having a rapid technique certainly helps with this, and however complicated a subject may seem, it can often be made easier by following some simple basics.

I start my drawing by simplifying the compositional shapes of forms and major flowers. I

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