How Do You Draw Realistic Flower Petals In Watercolor Pencil And Pen?
Flower petals have specific features that are challenging until you get used to drawing them. Every type of flower or petal is different. It helps to draw from real flowers, or from good photo references. The more often you draw the same flower, the easier it is to get the shading, colors, veins and details accurate. Look for a photo that shows the flower very large, and do a preliminary sketch on sketchbook paper. Either put the photo reference on your light box and trace it, or sketch freehand. You can enlarge or reduce the sketch using a copier to get it to the size you want your drawing. If you want to copy my sketch, please credit my article when you display or sell your finished artwork. Trace your sketch onto the watercolor paper using your lightbox or by taping it to a sunny window if you don’t have one. My drawing is an ACEO, Art Cards Editions & Originals, which means it has to be 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ without a border. If you want to do yours larger, just enlarge the sketch and dr
