Loving These Florals!

I love these big bold floral designs!

They are such a surprising and pleasant experience!

 Like I've mentioned several times before,

I am taking some classes from Alisa Burke.

You can check out her entire website here.

Look for her classes and you can see what

I am up to these days.

 This page in my journal started with Schmincke watercolors.

I love their bright, intense pigments!

 Those little specks of lighter colors were made

by flicking droplets of water from a paintbrush

over the page. You could also flick water

from an old toothbrush.

(Or a new one that you use just for water flicking :) ).

I let the water sit about 30 seconds,

then tapped a paper towel down to pick up

the excess.

 Then I just looked for areas that looked like

flower shapes.

And if they didn't - I pretended they did!

I used a regular black sharpie for the drawing.

Sharpies are permanent when dry,

so you can paint over them.

Or add any wet media.

 Which I totally did here.

Again, I used my Schminckes and a size 0

round brush to add color.

Last came the white highlights. I tried adding those with white acrylic, but my hand wasn't steady enough. So I used a Sakura gelly roll pen to highlight and add color to a few flowers. And I'm ready to move on to the next lesson now.