Well, I've changed my mind. Remember the issue I mentioned last post about painting the pale stamen on top of the darker petals? I was marching assuredly along with my Stamen Solution and suddenly realized I was headed for Trouble. Even though I tried to draw thin, fine lines with the liquid mask pen, what I ended up with was not that. I ended up with sketchy lines that ended in blobs of goo. I thought I could eventually paint around (and thereby shrink) the larger than necessary white lines. In the end I realized that this would make the stamen look outlined. I don't know whether you can follow this, but at any rate, I realized there is a better way. I will use white gouache paint to add the stamen on top of the petals. Gouache is opaque; and though water-based, isn't normally considered a true watercolor paint. But watercolor artists use white gouache in just such circumstances, when there really isn't any other way to get the job done. So after I complete the petals, I'll go back in with white to paint the stamen. Then when that dries, I can add a transparent layer of just the right shade of pale yellow/green. Sound like a plan? (I don't have an image to share with this post, since the Plan is in my head and what is now on paper is an absence of liquid mask goo.)
Onward!
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