Rembrandt Tulips

These were my very first tulips to bloom, and here we are after a hailstorm and several hard freezes, and they are still striking!  I purchased these bulbs simply because they are Rembrandt tulips - how could this artist resist that?!!  These gorgeous blooms are my perfect reward for that decision, and I commit them to paper with ink and watercolor.  I used Robert Oster's Great Southern Ocean in my fountain pen for the ink work.  I tend to migrate to the blacker inks, but this wild departure is exhilarating! I REALLY love the turquoise turn of this ink with the addition of water.  I even popped it into a few shadow areas after the watercolor work!  Painting number 2661 in 2661 days.