Our project is to complete a sketchbook painting of a beautiful garden flower while learning the procedures that will allow you to draw and paint most garden flowers face-on. This is Part One of a two part Workshop.

What You Will Learn and Do In Part One):

You will complete a realistic portrait of the Silene flower in your sketchbook.

You will learn how to make a flower floor plan that lets you easily interpret the arrangement of any flower "face".

You will learn to draw all the basic petal shapes.

Techniques will include pencil sketching. painting with watercolor, and watercolor pencils and markers.

You will learn to use Masking Fluid with watercolor.

Supply List:

The resources are below. This is a general sketchbooking supply list used for all my sketchbooking classes. If you have taken any other of my workshops you have everything you need with the addition of Masking Fluid.

Supply Resources (No Affiliation but these are may favorite brands. You can use your favorite brands.)

Stillman & Birn Beta Sketchbooks

Tombow 3H Drawing Pencils (any brand of 3H)

Tombow Erasers (any soft white eraser)

Pitt Artists Pens

Cotman Watercolor Set (any watercolors will do but this is a good starter brand)

Versatil Brushes

Niji Waterbrushes

Caran d'ache Watercolor Pencils

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens

Prismacolor Col-Erase Erasable Colored Pencil - Black

Masking Fluid

Water Soluble Markers - Available everywhere and inexpensive.

Janet I

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