I decided to paint a red tulip. In my first glaze I used yellow for the lighter shapes and blue for the darker/bluer reds.This underpainting will glow through the next layer.
Why yellow and blue? In landscape art it's called aerial perspective. When things get farther away, they get more blue. Some artists describe this as warm and cold. You can see that the yellow comes forward and the blue recedes.
While applying this glaze, I discovered another "wing shape" in the upper right corner and painted it in yellow for balance.
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