I guess this is some sort of banksia. Not being Australian-born and educated (except for my Fine Arts education) I’m a bit vague about Australian flowers. Oh yes, this looks right. There are other banksias that are totally different and I have some of them too. Here’s a very different one I drew at the Botanic Gardens and a different one again at Paddington Reservoir Gardens. No wonder I get confused.
I used my Copic Multiliners again for this one, but I introduced a bit of yellow by using a Tombow pen. It was the first time I’d used the red and I’m looking forward to doing a whole drawing in red. I used red, brown, olive and a bit of wine.
It occurred to me that in the 75 day sketch challenge with my own set of rules (that I must do the tones by rendering in pen, not by using colour) that Pitt Pens also qualify and so do Tombows. Using the fine end of the Tombows to render the tones opens up a whole new spectrum of colour for me – and you know how I do love colour.
Well, the 500th post is coming sooner than you think. Keep watching.
I should look it up for you but can’t see the Banksia book anywhere. But this is a lovely drawing and the colours pop, just like in the original.
I am just loving your ink pieces even more than your watercolors. Your colors are so fine, so sharp, and the details just perfection. Gorgeous flower (I’d not seen nor heard of it)!
What a lovely series of sketches this challenge is turning into, Wendy. I can see some more solar plate printings evolving out of all this pen work.
Have you seen any of Celia Rosser’s paintings of banksias? They are amazing. http://www.celiarossergallery.com.au/prints-banksias.htm Mind you, she wasn’t limited to ink – and apparently, she takes a very long time to do one painting.