1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Roses is a 1850 watercolor by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a single dark shape standing against a black background. The figure’s head and shoulders are blurred in rough, smudged strokes of white and red, like wet paint. Their body is a darker brown, with a long skirt or robe that fades into the shadows. The loose, messy brushwork makes the figure feel almost ghostly. The artist used watercolor, letting the colors bleed into each other. Next, look up *chiaroscuro* to see how light and shadow create drama in art.
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (born Hercules Brabazon Sharpe; 27 November 1821 – 14 May 1906) was an English artist, accomplished in Turner-manner watercolours.
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