From the wedding
Posted: July 4, 2024 Filed under: Uncategorized 9 CommentsMy kids attended a wedding on the weekend, and these vases were the centrepieces. They brought them home with the idea that I might want to sketch them. My family knows me well.
I bought some Inktense pencils when I was in France, and thought I’d try them out for this sketch, combining them with Caran D’Ache Museum Aquarelle pencils that I already had on hand. These are both deluxe watersoluble pencils because when you wet them, the colours are quite intense. I use them in two ways. To start, I draw with them and wet the coloured areas with a waterbrush. But that is not my favourite way to work with them. To get the real darks, I dip the tip of the pencils in water to get that thick, deeply coloured line. It feels a bit like drawing with velvet.
Nice!
What beautiful, bright flowers! And love those vase shapes!
Beautiful drawing, and thoughtful kids- what more could you want!
Great that the kids thought of you and brought home the flowers. Love the combination of materials.
Hi Shari, love the intense colors. What brand of Inktense pencils did you use?
Greetings from Bradenton, Fl
Gia
HI Gia,
It’s so nice to hear from you. I think that there is only one company that makes Inktense, and it’s Derwent. Here is the set I have: https://www.derwentart.com/en-gb/p/0700928/collections/watersoluble/derwent-inktense-range/derwent-inktense-12-pencils-tin
Shari
You should give this to the bride and groom!
I did!!! They dropped by yesterday to say hi!!
Excellent drawing of the vases and flowers. I really like the florid colours of the petals and sense of light.