January 18th, 2001 ~ Day 4  A Winter Watercolor Workshop with Monte Guynes On Thursday We Worked on Monte's Loose Flower Techniques Painting these flowers may look easy, but I can tell you from my own experience, it's not. Monte saved the florals for Thursday for this reason. He even said to me before the class started, "We may see some tears today." Pablo Picasso said, "It takes a long time to become young." I say, "It takes a long time to become loose without losing it!" sandy  sandy This painting was done in the morning on Arches cold press paper. The back was wet completely. The front was wet leaving some areas dry where the white flowers were going to be. Monte's concept when it comes to painting flowers is to work fast and loose, real wet, while building relationships between colors, shapes and textures. "Let it dry and then figure out where the flowers start and end", Monte says. He adds, "Enhance some edges and lose some others. When I get to the point where I think someone will look at the painting and say, "I think these are flowers" then I have done my job". These are not any particular type of flower but flower symbols. sandyS "Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them." ~ Warren Bennis "Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities." ~ Robert H. Schuller See Monte's Afternoon Painting Sunday Night Demo / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday Previous Page See Monte Guynes' Memorial Tribute, Biography & More Paintings Home Page