Parallel Pen Flowers

More wildflowers...

The three wildflower book pages are finished. The Parallel pens gave wonderful results, but they did have to be disassembled frequently during the drawing process to be cleaned. The paper is an Ingres paper, which has tiny lines going throughout. It gives a bit of texture. It's also a thin paper which is easily folded into a book.

These are flowers I see driving around town. I love the pink powderpuff Sensitive Briers. When I was little, I used to touch the leaves to try to get them to curl up. The pink flowers are so cheerful-looking!

The wildflower landscape changes from season to season. This will be an early summer book.

I think I will decide tomorrow what form this book will take!

Saturday and Wildflowers!

Ahhh... a Saturday at home! Today, I am painting wildflowers with watercolors and Parallel pens. Coreopsis are all over the roadsides here.

This project is changing as it goes along. My intention was to bind each painting into a lotus-form book, but I am having trouble making myself fold them. I may choose a different book form that doesn't require a fold through the flowers.

Also, I was planning to add calligraphy all over the background, but I am finding that I love the open white space to the side. I have always appreciated the use of negative space in Eastern art.

I will post a picture of the finished project when it is done. I guess what it looks like will be a surprise-- to all of us!