"Wild" flowers

 

Today I'm joining Jo from Let’s Art Journal, our host this month at Art Journal Journey, with her Wonderfully Wild theme. 

I give you my interpretation of "Wild" flowers.  And because everyone who frequents my blog knows I can't draw, I am also sharing this at Try it on Tuesday where their theme this fortnight is Keep It Simple.  You can't get much simpler than my wonky, simple flowers.  As one friend said, it looks like a first grader made this.  I have a few detail shots below, too.

I began by cutting a piece of 110 lb. cardstock to 5 X 8 in (12.7 X 20.3 cm).  I found I really like that size.  As much as I wanted to color the background, I knew it would take away from the flowers.  I drew the flowers using a black Posca pen.  Later, I used the same pen to create the leaves.

I used my water soluble crayons to color the flower petals, first with yellow, then orange, then red.  Next, I drew the stems and after that, the leaves.  I had to wait for the flower petals to dry, because I had already run my hand through wet paint on one of the petals.

While they were drying, I computer generated the sentiment: "Wild" flowers color my garden.  Again using my water soluble crayons, I used primary colors blue and yellow to turn green and yellow and red to turn orange.  Once dry, I cut the words and adhered them to the page.  I then added the blue crayons to the centers of each flower.  When the centers were dry, I added the white dots using a white Posca pen.

Bleubeard and I want to thank each of you for visiting today.  We would also love to see you at both Art Journal Journey and Try it on Tuesday.