I did very little art over the holidays,
and am going to do the January Doodlewash art challenge
to try to get back in the grove
I won’t do every day, which is what I love about this art challenge,
you can do it whenever you can and if you don’t like the prompt,
you can do something else!
I painted #2 polar bear and you can see how rusty I am,
he looks kind of wonky 😂
I decided to go back to the basics to get my confidence back
with a subject I’m familiar with,
flowers, and use colored pencils
I haven’t heard of #4 snow drops before, aren’t they pretty?
I started with a pencil sketch
and then inked over it and erased the pencil
I made a printable for you if you want to color this
you can download it here
I started by coloring the lightest areas with a pale yellow
Then I added some shadow areas with lilac
I used 3 shades of green, lime, grass and dark green on the stems
I added more purple and darker yellow to the shadow areas at the tips
and inside the petals
You can add interest to white flowers by exaggerating
the shadow areas with color
“Snow Drops” 5″ x 7″ colored pencil on mixed media paper
Happy coloring
and Cheers to a creative 2023!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado/ Love Your Creativity
What’s for Dinner/ Between Naps on the Porch
All About Home/ Common Ground & Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Oh My Heartsie Girl / Turn About Tuesday / Our Tiny Nest
Karin’s Cottage Linky Party / Creative Crafts / Crafty Creators
Whimsey Home Wednesday Full Plate Thursday