Succulent Series Graptoveria Debbie

Succulent Series Graptoveria Debbie.

Succulent Series Graptoveria Debbie includes a selection of succulents from different genera. Included in the series is the plant featured here, the Graptoveria Debbie. This succulent has rosette shape with large thin petals colored a soft blue with pink undertones. This succulent lives in a tall, pastel rainbow colored planter which compliments the plant’s color range and shape. With sufficient light provided this plant will keep its rosette shape and would be a lovely addition to an indoor garden.

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 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ARTIST’S PROCESS:

Succulent Series Graptoveria Debbie was painted in Procreate on a 13″ iPad Pro using the Apple Pencil Pro. Each painting in this set of 4 replicates traditional paintings’ depth and texture through layered digital brushwork. A careful structural drawing was made detailing the shape, leaves, stems and patterns for this piece. The next step was color blocking for each leaf group on separate layers to create depth through size, color variations and light and shadow over the entire rosette. The background watercolor wash for the “Debbie“, lavender-blue, chosen to accentuate the plant’s overall appearance was placed below the plant’s foundation layers. Multiple rounds of detail work and value refinement created the leaf details for each layer. A final set of layers perfecting shadow and light was created using a Procreate soft, round watercolor brush to finalize the Graptoveria Debbie piece of the Succulent Paintings series.

CHALLENGE:

Since this series includes 4 completely different plant types, colors and shapes with their unique planters, the background details had to be chosen to accentuate the features of each particular plant while keeping the series connected. A soft watercolor wash of lavender-grey was chosen for the Graptoveria Debbie to compliment the plants soft pastel leaves and rainbow planter. To achieve this watercolor style background Procreate watercolor brushes were used to lay down a main background wash below the the foundation layer and a Gaussian Blur of 10% was used to further blur the edges.

SUBJECTS AND THEMES:

Succulent Series Graptoveria Debbie — Botanical — Graptoveria Genus — Succulent — Nature — Procreate Artwork