Flowers for Mother's Day

I've been working on my watercolor techniques recently. It's been tough to get a feel for how much water to have on the brush or on the paper. This painting deals with wet on wet painting and how to fade color in a wash. I also wanted to see how the cool colors (the Alizarin Crimson at the top) worked with the warmer Permanent Rose at the bottom. I think it helps give the illusion of distance for the upper flowers.

My photo is a little on the fuzzy side since I had matted this up for a frame for Ticia's Mother's Day gift. I was all about to assemble things before I remembered that I wanted to scan it first!