Earlier this year, I painted these Cosmos blooms as a watercolor class demonstration. I made a quick pencil sketch of the flowers and splashed in watercolors, finishing by adding color to the negative space. I wanted my students to see the steps in creating a watercolor painting.
After class, rather than discard the sketch, I worked on it a bit. I wanted the loose scene to pop a bit more, so I sketched in areas with my Inktense watercolor pencils. Touching a wet brush into the Inktense area smoothed the color into a wash, but left the original pencil strokes visible.
As a finishing touch, I added India ink from my Pentel ink brush pen, and Micron waterproof pen lines to contours I wanted to enhance. I found an inexpensive frame from Goodwill Industries, and the finished piece now hangs in my home.
Why not try this technique for capturing the beauty of Autumn?!
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