{ growing a flower }

Over the last little while I've had lots of people ask about the process behind my painting/ drawing/ creating.... as it is just that, a bit  of a cobble together of a few different mediums and approaches. So I thought I might share the process with you on of the pieces form the 'treasure' exhibition.  I kind of make it up as I am going, but it generally goes like this.....

Start with something beautiful from real life:

Then start sketching with pencil:

I don't muck around too much though before I start using the pen, as I get impatient and want to know how it's going to look. So I pull out the Copic liners - these are fabulously fine-nibbed pigment ink pens that are waterproof and don't bleed when I later paint over the top. I am a pen nerd and have about 20 of them and basically just love them. For anyone interested, neatest crispest lines you will ever draw! (I know, pen nerd).

So I use these to do much of the shading at this stage until it starts to look more like this...

Then I start to colour it with watercolour, like this:

Then I rehash it again and again, pen then paint, pen then paint, like this:

And finally, it's finished!

Hope you liked. Have a lovely Tuesday. 

Pip x