@daring-celt 21 April 2022 edited

Chionodoxa (watercolor pencils) Hi my friends! Looking through photographs of flowers, I thought about what kind of art material would be useful for this or that flower. Chionodoxa is one of the charming spring primroses. I once drew it in digital https://read.cash/@daring-celt/digital-art-2021-chionodoxa-fa3031d2 Now I want to draw it using traditional materials

I decided that watercolor pencils would be the best way to depict these flowers.

Sketching flowers with a medium tone pencil

Sketch of green grass

I start to pick up background colors with different shades of green

I continue to fill the background with color, using dark tones, not only greens, but also browns and dark purples to create depth of space.

Now the time about drawing a flowers! They should contrast with the darkness and greenery in the background. For their image, I left a few light pink and lilac tones.

When the drawing is ready, I start washing with water. This must be done very carefully, without mixing colors. I blur the flowers from the middle to the edges of the petals and wash the brush each time. I wash the grass in the direction of its growth

When the paper dries, the drawing looks like this. Bright pink flowers that look like stars on a dark background

Pretty picturesque, right? With Love...