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The Artist
Stéphanie Vos
My name is Stéphanie Vos. I’m the person behind ‘All Things Elysian’. The name Elysian stands for everything that is creative, and creativity is in my blood.
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Step 1
I sketch the Magnolia in pencil. If you like, you can start mixing your colours with water on a pallet so that they are ready to use. I moisten the paper and use a Gold II Round Brush No.4 to paint the petals in a wash of diluted Permanent Rose.
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Step 2
I always start at the edges, where the colours are darkest and let the light colour gently run on the damp paper. To do this, I use the belly of the brush (the fatter part in the middle) and hold the brush diagonally to the paper. When the first petal is finished, I choose a petal somewhere else, so that the colours don’t run into each other.
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Step 3
I moisten the whole stem and start with a light wash of Burnt Sienna. Here I let the water work to my advantage, From the edges I use the point of the brush and I blend out the colour with the belly of the brush. I use the Sceptre Gold II Round Brush No.4 and No.7 for the larger areas.
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Step 4
For the green part, I use Permanent Sap Green and now work with brush no. 2. Again, I work wet-on-wet, just as I did with the petals. If there’s too much water/colour on my brush, I regularly wipe it off on a tea towel.
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Step 5
I only add another wash/layer when everything is completely dry. At this point, any pencil lines can be erased. I now focus on the light and the shade areas on the photo. I use a mix of Permanent Rose and Opera Rose or Quinacridone Magenta on darker areas to add depth. For the green area, I use Perylene Green, Sap green and Winsor Yellow. In the stem, I add details with Burnt Sienna and Vandyke Brown./p>
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Step 6
With the point of the no. 4 brush, I moisten the leaf and use my no. 0 brush to go over the veins with Permanent Rose. I also add a little Vandyke Brown to the stem, wet-on-wet for more depth. In some places, I then let the colour fall onto the moist paper. The water will cause the colour to spread by itself. Here the colour mix has more pigment and less water.