A floral study in gouache, colored pencil and Tombow markers

Recently, I’ve been enjoying searching for spring florals on my walks. This morning, the most beautiful dogwood flowers caught my eye and I hope my neighbor didn’t mind me taking a few for my art journal!

I started with a pencil sketch, then moved to acrylic gouache and colored pencils and finished it off with Tombow markers. I love Tombows because the colors are so highly pigmented and water soluable so when you hit them with water, you get a beautiful and bright watercolor effect. They are great for adding shading and depth to your artwork and blend beautifully with gouache, watercolor or acrylic.

I blended several shades to try and match the leaves and the gorgeous pink and cream of the flowers. When I mix paint I find that I never have enough and when I got back in, it never really matches what I’ve already painted but that’s okay because I love the depth that different colors have in art.

XO
Nancie