For general information about this 22"x30" colored pencil drawing, see this blog post.
For more information about the flower symbolism I used (Years 1-14) and life events that led me to select those particular flowers, see this blog post.
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For my 13th year, I drew thyme and yellow carnations.
For more information about the flower symbolism I used (Years 1-14) and life events that led me to select those particular flowers, see this blog post.
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For my 13th year, I drew thyme and yellow carnations.
- Yellow Carnation: symbol of disdain, rejection, and disappointment
- Thyme: symbol of courage, strength, thriftiness, activity, bravery, and overcoming shyness
As always, I first drew outlines of the plants on black paper:
I used two botanical drawings for reference while I drew (I do not own these images; I found them on Google):
I didn't include much detail with my initial "drawing" of the carnations, because I knew it would be impossible to erase all the graphite outline the dense petals once I started going in and coloring them. Instead, I just marked a general oval where the flowers would go, and then drew the petals in directly with colored pencil, skipping the graphite step.
Once I had the carnations lightly sketched in, I drew in the thyme. There isn't much detail to the tiny thyme flowers, so I just went ahead and drew them in one step, rather than lightly sketching and then going over them a second time, as I usually do.
Then I added details to the stems and leaves of the thyme and carnations, and started adding more color and detail to the carnation petals.
Here is the whole drawing so far. Almost halfway done - 13 down, 15 to go!
I used two botanical drawings for reference while I drew (I do not own these images; I found them on Google):
I didn't include much detail with my initial "drawing" of the carnations, because I knew it would be impossible to erase all the graphite outline the dense petals once I started going in and coloring them. Instead, I just marked a general oval where the flowers would go, and then drew the petals in directly with colored pencil, skipping the graphite step.
Once I had the carnations lightly sketched in, I drew in the thyme. There isn't much detail to the tiny thyme flowers, so I just went ahead and drew them in one step, rather than lightly sketching and then going over them a second time, as I usually do.
Then I added details to the stems and leaves of the thyme and carnations, and started adding more color and detail to the carnation petals.
Here is the whole drawing so far. Almost halfway done - 13 down, 15 to go!
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