After putting the masking fluid in the central stamens, I blocked in the main yellows, using Winsor Yellow, Transparent yellow and Cadmium yellow. There are many tones and shadows to apply yet but I have made a start. I am using Winsor red, Alizarin Crimson and Scarlet Lake to make the red heart. Shadows are being created by using touches of Indigo and Hooker's Green in with the other main colours. It is possible that I will be unhappy with the result as the effects do not always turn out like the picture in my mind. The problem with doing flowers after a break, ( it is a few years since I last painted a hibiscus of such varying colour) is that you become less familiar with the way the colours represent themselves on the petal. It is not unknown for me to tear up a small painting if I do not think that it represents the best that I can do. We shall have to see when this is finished. I have not been unhappy with a painting that I have blogged before, but there is always a first time! The texture of the paper can be seen in this close-up.