Four Hydrangeas on a Vase Gouache Painting Study

When I settled here in France, I instantly fell in love with hydrangeas. The good thing that there are several hydrangeas here in the Bretagne region.

When I got married, I really wanted this ball of hydrangea as my bouquet but my hands were so full because I was carrying my daughter when she was a week old. She was breastfeeding while we were in the ceremony.

Anyway, I really want to paint Hydrangeas so I made a gouache painting study about it.

Hydrangea Inspiration

I have so many photos of hydrangea flowers here in France, so here is one photo for inspiration with blue, purple, and pink colors.

Four Hydrangeas on a Vase

I also searched on Pinterest what the hydrangea flowers would look like on a vase. There, I started with a sketch.

I filled the circle with flower petal sketches.

I started with a purple then painted dots for the blue.

I had difficulty painting this because I needed to study more about how other artists did it. I should have added white paint into it.

I ended up with this but still I really enjoyed these balls of hydrangeas with purple and blue.

Let's add another blue hydrangea flower and repeat the same process.

And lastly, the pink hydrangea flower.

I decided to add two more leaves near the pink hydrangea.

I painted yellow-green first on the leaves and stems. Next, I added another layer of green to blend with the yellow-green.

For the vase, I painted it grayish blue to imitate the transparency of the vase with water inside the vase.

The Final Result

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