Cape Primrose Bloom, Shadow Hunter.
This autumn leaves duckweed painting captures a quiet edge where still, dark water meets a thick carpet of duckweed, rendered in vivid green against the shadowed pool beyond. Fallen leaves drift across the surface in warm golds, olives, and deep greens, while a single feather rests on the moss — a quiet trace of passage.
MEDIUM: Digital Painting | STYLE: Painterly Realism | SIZE: 8 x 10| ORIENTATION: Portrait | TOOLS: Procreate, 13″ iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, Giclée Fine Art Archival paper and ink | AVAILABILITY: Prints available | CONTACT SHADOWMYST ART
ARTIST’S PROCESS:
Cape Primrose Bloom, Shadow Hunter was painted in Procreate on a 13″ iPad Pro using the Apple Pencil Pro. This piece was inspired by Shadowmyst Art’s indoor garden. This Cape Primrose, scientific name Streptocarpus, has a stunning bloom that has been compared to a miniature orchid. This cultivar, Shadow Hunter, is a pleasing combination of soft purple and pale yellow with purple, ruffled edge. The leaves are heavily textured, a strong green color depending on the cultivar which are very long and thin. It blooms several times a year to every indoor gardener’s delight.
CHALLENGE:
The leaves on the Cape Primrose and dramatically long, with strong green color and heavily textured. To accomplish the look of the texture on the leaves a base color was laid down and multiple layers added over the base layer. The color’s tonal values were established on the first of these layers followed by delicate lines painted with a Procreate “Single Hair” brush following the path of the veins on the leaves. An additional layer started the details shadow and light to create the peaks and valleys of the surface texture. The final layer added highlights with a Procreate soft airbrush and a pale yellow with the layer set to the “Add” mode.
SUBJECTS AND THEMES:
Botanical — Cape Primrose — Streptocarpus — Shadow Hunter — Light and Shadow — Indoor Gardening — Indoor Plants — Shadowmyst Art — CONTACT Shadowmyst for additional information
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