The suggestion of white - in aquarelle. And more!

Brenda works with us from Isle of Man, and she creates wonderful work as usual. To show the white that isn't white, she painted these tulips and they are wonderful.

 

The latest Waterciolour Challenge was about how colours can appear white in a painting, but if you really look, they are actually a shade of blue or gray or pink, or all of them! If you would leave them white in your watercolour, it would look boring and without structure or volume. It was all explained in the demo. Aquarellistas from all over the world picked up their brushes and went for it! Here are the results in order of entry:

Sandra (in France) used the word white and chose tulips - and then did her own thing, in yet another fantastic experiment! Using salt and masking and an interesting composition, that makes it look (to me) as if the tulips are floating. And when you see that, the imagination kicks in. What happened?! Great stuff Sandra, thanks!
 

 

Ingrid from Switzerland has a bunch of wonderful Tulips that I bet looked much whiter when the background wasn't blue! On the other hand, they look so beautiful and soft pinkish, with an important dark volume on the right. And their highlights make them sparkle.

 

Celina (from Norway) took the head of the bald eagle as subject to play with the white. It is really good - and I also love the way she painted the beak. She let us know that she experimented with salt on the feathers, wasn't happy and is now researching to improve this! More next time, as the the next challenge is all about that kind of thing!

Jutta (in France) sent this absolutely stunning snowscape as well as some other work (see below). It looks so sharp and white and fresh! Well done in every respect.

 

Sue (not sure if she is in England or France) picked tulips too and made them look as if they are in the snow. I especially love the way in which they are painted, with a good steady hand and a loose style. And the bent leaf below left is fabulous.

Anna-Karin is in France and has only 1 brush, a very big one with a fine point. And as you can see she creates very delicate flowers with it, like this Anemone. It is so beautiful and looks bright white although there are many other colours in it, and i adore the shadows underneath the flowers. It gives them the depth they deserve...

 
And in the meantime... Other watercolours, outside our weekly challenge, are created by all. That work  is also very welcome! Below a couple of other and 'old' subjects

Fantastic unpolished and original watercolour of a crystal by Ingrid

 

Portrait of Jack (father in law) by Brenda

Above and below two gorgeous paintings  by Jutta. Note that the unicorn actually also has a lot of white that isn't white