STAGE TWO ▲

The sight of the roses makes me so aware of the energy and life racing up from the ground through the stems, so I painted the canvas vermilion to give it some drama and energy before sketching out the image. There’s such a wide variety of shades of vermilion hue, depending on which supplier you are buying from. I wanted an orangeyred and have found Daler-Rowney’s System 3 vermilion hue best for this job