To read about religious discrimination and why tolerance of people of all religions (and non-religions) is so important, visit this blog post.
To read about the religious symbolism of the 24 flowers used in this drawing, go back to this blog post.
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My last blog post looked at the first twelve flowers - and this one will look at the last twelve. Once all 24 are lightly drawn in like this, the next step is to go back through and add more layers, building up colors and details.
I started this second half of the sketch with the holly plant:
At the very top of the bouquet is a cluster of green and red ti leaves:
On either side of the ti leaves, filling out the top, are brown cattails and the whiteish-red enchanter's nightshade herb:
Going back down along the right and left sides, I added purple colored violet flowers and purple tulips:
Below the violets, I drew a bunch of yellow-white plumeria:
And underneath the tulips, a bunch of red lychnis:
Continuing down the left side is the red amaranthus (aka love lies bleeding) plant, and a pair of purple irises:
On the right side, I filled in the rest of the drawing with several purple orchids and white jasmine flowers:
Here is the layout for the entire drawing:
As you can see, all of the flowers are in place - but from a distance especially they are too lightly drawn to stand out much from the black paper. Next I will go back through one-by-one and add more color to each flower.
Below is the quick sketch on newsprint (the plan I worked from), and the start of the black paper drawing (the final piece):
To read about the religious symbolism of the 24 flowers used in this drawing, go back to this blog post.
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My last blog post looked at the first twelve flowers - and this one will look at the last twelve. Once all 24 are lightly drawn in like this, the next step is to go back through and add more layers, building up colors and details.
I started this second half of the sketch with the holly plant:
At the very top of the bouquet is a cluster of green and red ti leaves:
On either side of the ti leaves, filling out the top, are brown cattails and the whiteish-red enchanter's nightshade herb:
Going back down along the right and left sides, I added purple colored violet flowers and purple tulips:
Below the violets, I drew a bunch of yellow-white plumeria:
And underneath the tulips, a bunch of red lychnis:
Continuing down the left side is the red amaranthus (aka love lies bleeding) plant, and a pair of purple irises:
On the right side, I filled in the rest of the drawing with several purple orchids and white jasmine flowers:
Here is the layout for the entire drawing:
As you can see, all of the flowers are in place - but from a distance especially they are too lightly drawn to stand out much from the black paper. Next I will go back through one-by-one and add more color to each flower.
Below is the quick sketch on newsprint (the plan I worked from), and the start of the black paper drawing (the final piece):
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