Drawing proteas with acrylic ink, and watercolour, and art deck inspiration.
#watercolourbackgrounds #art #watercolour

In this video, I start by picking a card from my Art Poetry card deck, and share a few of my other favourite artist's decks, by Cathy Nichols and Wendy Glos.

I draw a protea in a few different ways with my Tachikawa dip pen and Liquetex acrylic ink. I use several book references to guide my drawing.

Canson XL watercolour/mixed media paper, 140 lbs.

Liquetex acrylic ink, in muted turquoise and phthalocyanine green (blue shade).

Beam Watercolour Paint Stones, ‪@beampaints2512‬
https://www.beampaints.com/products/c...
Colours mentioned, Cherry Magenta, Spring Green, Violet, Amethyst, Boreal Green, Sulphur, Salish Sea, Harvest, Pumpkin.

Posca paint pen, black, fine, Molotow neon pink paint pen (not used in video)
Refillable empty squeeze bottle ($2.45 CAD) Kensington Art Supply Store, Calgary Alberta, Canada.

Dip pen base is Tachikkawa
Amazon Canada, Tachikawa Comic Pen Nib Holder, Model 36, Pink Grip (T36P)
https://www.amazon.ca/TachikawaComic...

Pen "nib" by Speedball
Speedball Calligraphy Pen Nibs 2/Pkg512 &513EF (27129140)
(I used Speedball Bowl nib 513EF).
Purchased through Amazon Canada

Artist mentions

Cathy Nichols
Flower Medicine Oracle Deck
https://cathynichols.com/collections/...
Synchronicity Deck
https://cathynichols.com/products/new...
Class "Create Your Own Oracle Deck"
https://cathynichols.com/products/147...

Wendy Glos
Echoes of Life, an oracle deck for grief.
https://www.wendyglosart.com/
Alena Hennessey
Class "Make Your Own Oracle Deck"
https://www.alenahennessy.com/makeyo...

Books mentioned

"Traditional Floral Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople," by Madeleine OrbanSzontagh.

"The Wonders of Nature", Illustrated by Angela Rizza and Daniel Long

"The Botanist Sticker Anthology", DK (Dorling Kindersley)

"Sticker Studio" by Chloe Standish

"Floriography" by Jessica Roux

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