My Soul On Canvas మనః ఫలకం: Every Attempt...

In Painting, every attempt is an opportunity for learning. I love flowers. Though I did few drawings and sketches of flowers in the past, I can almost say, I never attempted flowers in watercolor.

In this first attempt, along the way, I learned few techniques and noted some points:

Let the color freely flow on the paper and mix with adjacent colors to give a smooth and subtle effect
Be prepared to do mistakes, after all this is the best way to learn ;)
Show contrasting in adjacent colors
Tried to show water drops on the leaves, but felt like I am not there yet ;(

This painting is based on a photograph that I took from my front yard, the first yellow rose of the season. First, I did a quick sketch with the ballpoint pen as part of my study before this attempt.