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Adding in my botanical journal the beautiful white flowers of Pearl-bush (Exochorda x macrantha) Pelargonium leaf A few moments later... :) Botanical Journaling, April. Preparing this week's masterclass tutorial, a follow up of last week's LIVE session on drawing magnolia. I'm taking the principles and steps used in old Renaissance drapery studies and show you how to make your own tonal studies of the folds and wrinkles that we often see in petals or leaves. A selection of Magnolias Somehow I made this Narcissus poeticus float 🙂 If you want to learn how to paint white flowers with gouache on toned paper, in the manner of the old masters, check my tutorial on Patreon (link in profile) Sketching flowers 28. The Daffodil. In today’s tutorial I will show you how to draw step-by-step a Daffodil flower. And it's Friday again... Learn to draw a grape hyacinth flower. Step-by-step tutorial on Patreon (link in bio) Spring botanical sketches. Ink on paper Adding the Daphne mezereum sketch in my botanical journal. New tutorial on how to draw step-by-step 5 Primrose flowers is now on Patreon (link in bio). Drawing the Hyacinth Buttercup Hyacinth, sepia ink and white chalk on blue tinted paper. Drawing the olive leaves Sketching flowers 27. Cyclamen. In today’s tutorial I will show you step-by-step how to draw a Cyclamen flower. Learn how an iris flower is structured, the basic geometry of its petals and how to create 3 Art Nouveau patterns inspired by this beautiful flower (Link in Bio) One of my favourite techniques in painting white flowers Crocus heuffelianus Primrose, natural print, ink on sketchbook. Ink, watercolour and wildflowers Three snowdrops from the garden. Ink and charcoal on recycled paper. Drawing the Geranium robertianum leaf… moving from the large general shapes towards the more realistic, organic outline of the leaf. Gosh, I love this part of the drawing! Snowdrop flowers. Learn how to create different textures with ink and how to draw winter twigs and buds. Sketching the winter jasmine flower (Jasminum nudiflorum) with dip pen and ink. I steal an hour or two every night to try to finish this chrysanthemum drawing that started during last month's LIVE for my Patreons. It would be a shame not to, it's such a beautiful subject... Calceolaria

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