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Bloom is a still life mixed media piece of sunflowers & leaves in a chequerboard vase. I created this using a watercolour resist technique with black Indian ink. A gouache layer is applied as a resist then the entire piece is covered in Indian ink which when dry is washed off. This leaves the gouache areas with a slight stain & the unpainted paper black. Layers of watercolour are used to add depth to the colour & the black ink areas create an almost printerly effect to the finished piece.
