My project for course: Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach

I started with a single flower of my thanksgiving cactus which luckily is rather productive. The first one was not too good. I then did it again, this time being more careful with the color pencil in the end, as I did not like the fat lines. This one worked out better. Next step was to paint a different flower from the side and one that was not yet open. What I learned was to layer colors, in a different workshop I had learned to use wet techniques, where colors run into each other without giving lines. I also learned that one can use water color pencils and other pens once finished with the water color. I had drawn flowers before, but liked the more complex flowers and the relaxing effect it had to draw one small leave after the other.

Teacher: Lapin