Flower Attribute Notecards - Gray Set & Tan Set

As mentioned, I have several new notecard variety packs available in my Etsy shop, including new designs from my "Flower Attribute" series. Today's blog post is featuring two more of those sets - the "Gray" set, which includes scans from the six colored pencil drawings I've completed on gray paper as part of that series, and the "Tan" set, which includes 8 colored pencil drawings on tan paper (seven from this series, and the eighth titled "White Poinsettia," originally created as a holiday-themed notecard).

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The "Gray Paper" set:

The 6 designs included in this notecard set are:

• Prophecy (Heliotrope)
• Loyalty (Daisy)
• Balance (Enchanter's Nightshade)
• Modesty (Violet)
• Frigidity (Lithodora)
• Attachment (Delphinium)

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The "Tan Paper" set:

The 8 designs included in this notecard set are:

• White Poinsettia
• Anticipation (Anemone)
• Shame (Peony)
• Constancy (Bluebell)
• Strength (Ginger)
• Fragility (Azalea)
• Union (Myrtle)
• Folly (Geranium)

If "Folly" looks brand new to you - it's because it is! "Folly" is a recently 2021 drawing that I haven't even created the blog post for yet... look for that blog post next week!

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Love the style of these notecards, but wish you could swap out a few for other floral designs I have? I also have a U-Pick listing where you can mix-and-match among all my floral colored pencil design and color options and build the perfect stationery set for your preferences!

"Frigidity" Colored Pencil Drawing

This post features another recent 8"x10" colored pencil drawing - this one on Strathmore gray toned paper. These white and blue lithodora flowers symbolize frigidity, thanks to their cool color scheme.

As usual, I started with a sketch (in this case an outline) of where I wanted the flowers to go to fill up the page. Because the flower petals have white edges, I just went ahead and drew the edges to get the whitest whites on the paper; I often like to put down the lightest or darkest colors first (or at least near the beginning of the process), so I can base everything else off of that reference point.

(Ignore the shadows in some of these images - I've been drawing in the spare bedroom upstairs lately, which doesn't have the best ceiling light, and relies a lot on the sunlight coming in the window. If I'm drawing in the evening or on a cloudy/rainy day, it's hard to take a picture of the drawing without my arm causing shadows across the page... I may have to revisit this plan and find a new place in the house to draw before winter hits.)

Here is me beginning this drawing:

Once I had my outline down, I started going through flower by flower and adding dimension and color:

Here is the final drawing:

I really love the colors in this one. In real life, lithodora are pretty small - so the scale of these flowers being so big on the page also helps this drawing feel bold and original. I'm happy with the way it turned out!

"Gender Bouquet (Stronger Together)" - In Progress 6

To read about gender terminology and why gender is a spectrum, visit this blog post. To read about the idea behind this colored pencil drawing and an explanation for the symbolism of the specific flowers used, check out this one.

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I'm now halfway done with the final layers of my "Gender Bouquet" colored pencil drawing. Just four more purple flowers and eight blue flowers to go to complete the color spectrum!

Today I'll be showing photos of finishing up the next six flowers, starting with these dark purple irises. For this plant, I used two shades of green, three shades of purple, and one shade of blue.

At the bottom of the bouquet is this small bunch of dark purple pansies, which I colored in with three shades of green, a dark blue, black, and three shades of purple.

Next, I built up the colored pencil layers for these bluish-purple carnations. I used two shades of green, two shades of blue, and three shades of purple.

These African violets are also more of a bluish-purple. These two blue-purple flowers will help transition the bouquet into the blue flowers that are coming next. For these violets, I used four shades of green (for the leaves and centers), two shades of blue, and two shades of purple.

Here is the whole drawing so far, with eight pink flowers and eight purple flowers done. Just eight blue flowers left, and the drawing will be complete!

The first blue flower I worked on was this pale lithodora plant. I used two green colored pencils, two blue pencils, a green-blue pencil, and white for the highlights.

The other light blue flower in this bouquet is this sweet pea, which I drew using white, two pale blues, three medium blues, a dark blue, and two green colored pencils.

The remaining six flowers in this drawing will be more of a medium blue or dark blue shade. Check back tomorrow for more pics!