So now that our STEM and our petals are dry the first layers, we're going to go in and work on the petals on the second layer with a really intense color. So I'm going to pick up some of this Crimson lake and add it to our intense Crimson lake that we have here. I'll have one brush full of water. This is my number one brush, so it's not a lot of water. I'll rinse it off because I don't want to contaminate the screen just yet. And I'm going to pick up a brush full of this green pigment and mix it in here with our Crimson lake.
And this helps coordinate the entire painting. We're using the same colors over and over again in different proportions in the different features. So now with a very sharp point, I'm going to start with my smallest pedals in the back and it's good practice as well. I'll start from the area here, the darkest area where there's going to be a lot of shadows from the various pedals. I'm just pulling just a little bit of brush Stroke forward, aiming it towards the end of the flower, the tip, the petals of the tips of this flower fall in different directions, I want to turn my painting a little bit and make sure that my arcs are following the way the petals fall instead of all being pointed towards one corner. And right now I'm just trying to create a little pigment change.
Kind of like a little pop of this beautiful Crimson lake. And I like to start with a smaller petals First, if I add the color there, I can see how much pigment I want to add on those bigger flowers that are the more of the focal point. So there I have my smaller petals done. Gonna go back in there and I'm going to, again continue to work, graduated sizes so I'm going to go back here to the next smallest one. That's remaining And just pull some of that color up. I don't need to go up very far on these pedals because this color is so intense, and I don't want it to distract from the beauty of the shape of the flower or the shape of each pedal.
So again, I start at the base and just pull up a little bit and I don't even have to go up that far to achieve the look of a pink pedal. Again, I always start at the intersection and work my way up. This is another wet on dry technique. And again, I'm following the tip. These larger flowers. These larger petals are a little more complicated because they bend in sway.
We get a nice look there. We'll let this layer dry and we'll come back in and work on the stem.