Lily Tutorial - Watercolour and Acrylic - Beginner - intermediate (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

In this tutorial I demonstrate how I paint a Lily in watercolour and I also paint the same Lily in acrylic paint. I paint the Lily in watercolour first and in the second half of the video, for those patrons who are interested,  I paint the Lily in acrylic paint.

I have attached all of the files below. I've labelled them either 'acrylic' or 'watercolour'. The line drawing is the same for both Lilies. The supplies lists differ, of course.

It's been a few years since I painted in acrylic paint and I am out of practice but it was good to get the paints out again and revisit where I started. I have to admit that although it is more difficult, painting in watercolour is much more enjoyable for me.

I mention the Lilies that I painted on Aquabord. That video is here if you haven't seen it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/34230664

Tutorial index on my website where you can view the paintings: http://www.louisedemasi.com/new-index

Clickable tutorial index on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/34865676

Other news:

I spent Sunday afternoon in the hospital. On Saturday all of a sudden I started seeing flashing lights in my right eye. It was like seeing lightning strikes very briefly. It persisted into the night and it was still happening on Sunday morning. I was also seeing little floaters in my line of vision. So I went online to Dr Google and read that it could be a detached retina and to see a doctor as soon as you can. I found a doctor's surgery that was open on Sunday and made an appointment. The dr there gave me a letter and told me to go straight over to the hospital because she didn't have the appropriate instruments to check my eyes. So off I go, over to the hospital emergency department. They put me straight through and after a few hours two eye doctors appeared and started some tests. Luckily I don't have a detached retina. I have PVD which is Posterior Vitreous Detachment which is where the gel or membrane at the back of the eye seperates from the retina. It happens as you get older to some people. Every time the membrane tugs it sends a message to my brain and I see lightning strikes. It may take a few weeks, a few months or a year to fully separate. Thankfully there is no vision loss. It will more than likely happen to my left eye as well. I have to be careful now because when this happens it can lead to a detached retina. So no weight lifting or aerobics for me for a while....😬. It was very scary!

I will never take my health for granted. I hope you are well. 

Louise

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