This workshop taught by Shayda Campbell was a lot of fun. She broke down drawing flowers (daisy, marigold, and lily of the valley) into steps which were very easy to follow. She used simple materials: a pencil for drawing a rough and a thin and thick line permanent marker such as the Micron Pigma pen. The larger or thicker to outline and the thinner or smaller to add detail. I completed this workshop in my Canson Mixed Media journal which is on a 90 lb. paper. She used a size .04 and a .02 Micron. I didn't have a .04 (or couldn't find it) so I used a .03 and a .01.
Shayda also had a larger project to complete illustrating all 12 birth month flowers to be used as the illustration for a wall calendar. She provided free calendar sheets to download. I wasn't interested in this part of the project.
Nice CJ. Your flowers are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm pretty proud of myself.
DeleteSounds like a fun course. Love your flowers! Have a great week, Valerie
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DeleteSuch delicate leads! The flowers were good choices, weren't they, offering such different types of leaf and flower.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of floral workshops. This was pen and ink. She also did the other 9 birth flowers for the year. I didn't get that far 😺
DeleteWOW! Those are great drawings! Call the Audubon society! My 'botanicals' always look like something you would find growing after a nuclear disaster....lol. :-/
ReplyDeleteThese aren’t real botanical drawings. She said a sort of a cross between real and stylized
DeleteI have both .03 and .01 Micron Pigma pens, but mine don't make anything that even resembles those amazing flowers you created with yours. I guess it's NOT the pens, but the pen holder! These are stunning.
ReplyDeleteHer instructions were very easy to follow.
DeleteAnd That Is What You Came Up With??? They Are Beautiful Flowers - Well Done
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The workshop was just like paint by number and very easy to end up with a successful drawing
Deletelooks like a fun workshop. I love flowers and especially i follow a lot of botanical illustrators on Instagram. I would have enjoyed that.
ReplyDeleteShe has a bunch of tutorials on YouTube. Look for Shayda Campbell.
DeleteYour flowers look great :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
They did turn out nicely
DeleteWow, very well done!
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DeleteYour flowers look lovely. But I think if I tried to follow her instructions, mine would still come out looking like a child's scrawl.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you give yourself enough credit
DeleteBeautiful! I have the same pens as you! Big Hugs!
ReplyDeleteThe Micron Pigma pens are the best. I love all the sizes and they last forever.
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