I took the usual sorts of art supplies with me (pens, pencils) and instead of carrying watercolours, I purchased a new pack of dual-tipped brush markers. Each one has a regular marker on one end and a brush on the other. The pack was rather brightly coloured and I thought it would be a good challenge to get away from my usual black/blue + white.
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| Hawaiian Ti Plant. Oct 2017. |
My first few tries with the markers were a little sloppy, as expected when getting to know a new medium. Shortly thereafter, I found my groove with them. Each day I would draw at least one plant. As I got more proficient with the markers, I was able to do more detailed drawings, and more than one in a single day. I had a lot of fun with those markers and look forward to using them again...preferably in Jamaica. 😊 🌞 🌴
I've posted these in chronological order so you can see my proficiency improve. As I got better with the markers and faster at drawing, the drawings themselves got larger on the page. Towards the end I was spending perhaps 2 hours on each one.
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| Distant Tree. Oct 2017. |
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| Bough Of The Sea Grape. Oct 2017. |
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| Multicoloured Croton. Oct 2017. |
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| Bough Of An Almond Tree. Oct 2017. |
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| Ginger Lily And Leaves. Oct 2017. |
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| Bromeliad. Oct 2017. |
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| Bird Of Paradise. Oct 2017. |