Oh! How I love poinsettias! I have never seen as many varieties as I found at Family Tree Nursery! I simply HAD to bring two new ones home after our monthly Urban Sketchers KC event! The centers of the petals are a pale gold gradating into a rich salmon to cherry red - stunning! Wanting to zoom in a bit, I started my sketch with the petals, allowing them to cross the borders. I brushed each petal with a pale yellow ochre, dropping in the reds around the edges, warming and cooling the shades as I saw them. Once all my color was in place, I went back with a little more ink. I'm using a Pitt pen tonight - and it is the one running out of ink!! I have a brand new one that I've only used once - and here I am, trying to get blood out of a turnip! I don't have time to search for what I need, so I'll make due with what I have! I guess I need new pens for EVERY sketch bag I have! Painting number 1789 in 1789 days.
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