Daylily Sketch

Did another sketch to practice watercolors on. I haven't painted the previous lily sketch. I'm awaiting to see if I will win some new brushes on Ebay. The ones I have just aren't cutting it. Even if I do win the bid I won't be getting them in time before I go on my vacation. I can't believe I will be leaving here on Friday for over a week. It's so scary to leave my plants behind.

Lily Sketch

Lily Sketch

I slacked off with my goal of doing a botanical watercolor everyday. Really I just forgot yesterday. But today I just did a sketch of a lily I took a picture of at the Botanical Gardens. I didn't get the name of it but that is okay. This time I scanned in the sketch before destroying it with watercolors. So this time if I mess up I can just print this out, trace it, and try again and again until I like it.

Thank you everyone for you kind words on my last watercolor. I'm just picky about what I do. I was just being tough on myself because I know I have done better. It's been a long while since I have touched watercolors. I'm used to acrylics and oils. This is why I am doing all this practice. I love the look of watercolor botanicals so I would like to be able to do the botanical drawings in watercolor and not other mediums. Practice makes perfect right? I'll be sure to keep my eye out for watercolor classes and books at Half Price Books.