This month's flower of the month on 12 Months in View is the Bluebell.
The challenge was to make a bluebell page. Susan Ernst had previously given us a tutorial on how to 'draw' flowers and I used this same technique.
I downloaded the colouring page of bluebells and rubbed a pencil over the back. I drew over the image transferring it to my sketchbook.
Using the Shaded Lilac Re-inker and some water I painted in the flowers. I found I was better able to get the shading if I painted the shape with water and then added the colour. When it was dry I put the highlights in with undiluted colour.
I coloured in the stem and leaves with a watercolour pencil and then washed over it with water.
I diluted some of the re-inker so that it was only just blue and washed it over the page. The paper isn't for watercolour so it buckled.
When it was all totally dry I outlined it all with a black pen.
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Bernice
They've come our really well.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful - especially the shape of them. You really nailed it!
ReplyDeleteRinda
Absolutely gorgeous!
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