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tickseed

leandra — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:34:00 +0000

A finished a new drawing in my moleskine a while back and finally got around to posting it on Flickr…

tulip magnolia, finished!

leandra — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:37:15 +0000

I decided to erase the black outlines and go for a more realistic look as opposed to a stylized illustration. I added more white, pink, and magenta to each of the individual petals until all were rendered to my liking.

I am very happy with the finished product…

tulip magnolia

leandra — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:41:44 +0000

To continue on my flower kick, I pulled out this photo of a tulip magnolia Eric took at Duke Gardens back in the spring. I asked him to take a few different shots of this branch specifically so I could paint it at a later date.

Because I am using blue paper and not black, I am much more careful in the vine charcoal sketching stage… especially since I plan to leave the background alone. Most of the charcoal can be erased, but it’s hard to get rid of a huge area if I mess up.

So far I’ve added the white and pink shades and colored in the branch, but I still have quite a bit of the black outline showing. I need to decide if I want to erase the black edges or emphasize them, depending on the direction I want to go with this painting.

shooting stars, finished

leandra — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:36:51 +0000

I started out my painting session today by further refining the flowers, adding more shading to the leaves, and more detail to the colorful centers. Unfortunately I only have two shades of purple, so I had to layer pink and white in areas to give the painting enough color variation.

I ultimately decided to add a stem because the flowers looked a little strange just floating in space. The finished product…