Wild Rose

Just how wild can a rose get? I’m still experimenting with hatching instead of stippling, and this is the latest attempt.

I’m pleased with the overall effect, but there is work to do. Hatching takes more planning than stippling, you have to know where you are going, whereas with stippling you can build the tones and textures has you go.

More layers are needed to get greater tonal variation, and I need to try different subject matter.

There will be more …