This is just the start of the azalea painting. I have begun to block in the dark colours between the flowers and leaves which are in sunlight. The darks are mixed using Sap Green, Burnt Umber and Indigo with Winsor & Newton Professional watercolours, in tubes. I will leave some shapes to add muted colours to making the background seem more natural i.e. some of the flower colour and lighter greens as glimpses of light in the shade. This will become more apparent as I progress with the background. The composition is difficult to see in the photo as I only outline faint lines so as not to adulterate the paint.