Prismacolor colored pencil drawing of stylized begonias. This was fun, especially making the leaves have a satin texture. I printed this on card stock as a blank card to give to friends.
@Heveasley Thank you. My friend's plant, that I drew, was actually a white and pink flower, but I had a yellow and red one. Her's had prettier leaves.. So I used the form and leaves of one and the flower colors of the other.
When I am angry and frustrated with the world (politics, wild fires, injustice, etc.) I seem to be drawn to drawing raptors. The first one is today's sketch, the other two are from former days.
Blackwing pencil and woodless B4 pencil on Canson sketch paper.
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Pen and colored pencil drawing of a garden begonia.
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I modified the challenge a wee bit. I didn't use the same paper for the various drawings since I was using (top row, left to right) hard graphite pencils (3H to HB), watercolor pencils, (bottom row, left to right) brush pens and ballpoint pen. These media work best on very different paper textures and moisture absorbing qualities. The second picture shows the object of my study --- and the apparatus I use to hold botanical subjects. "Third hand" tools are very useful and cheap. This one was under $10 and serves my purposes well. Just FYI. (Each drawing/painting was scanned and composited in Photoshop.)
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I was looking at what Pixabay might offer as inspiration, and found this fish. Perfect for a ballpoint pen drawing. The incompleted drawing in the second photo was taken before the final "glaze" of little scribbles of turquoise pen across almost the whole surface. It was a happy accident that made for a shimmery, iridescent fishy quality.
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4 Comments
Hev Easley (@Heveasley)
I love this one. It really glows.
Ilga Jansons (@Ilga)
@Heveasley Thank you. My friend's plant, that I drew, was actually a white and pink flower, but I had a yellow and red one. Her's had prettier leaves.. So I used the form and leaves of one and the flower colors of the other.
Will (Bampi) Edwards (@Bampi)
@Ilga very creative love it
Ilga Jansons (@Ilga)
@Bampi Thank you. Begonias have such an unreal, waxy surface, it really makes it easy to experiment with them.