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Flowers & Hatchings Part 2: Finished Work

December 19, 2024 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Back in September, I signed up for a floral ink drawing class. You can also read about the start of the flower drawing, if you’d like.

While I know my first attempt here will not be gracing the home of anyone else, what I’m glad about is that it’s done.

Ink drawing of magnolia flower
Finished ink drawing of magnolia flower

Here are some of my notes after this first attempt:

Overall good: I like the shading and contrast and there are some sections where my line work is pretty good. I also think the shape of the flower came out well and does feel soft and round.

Overall “needs improvement”: I would like to work on the organic feel of my lines. Mine have the very angular feel of my doodling I’ve done. My leaves have some curve feel to them but needs some work. The direction of my lines need to be thought out a little better and I used the wrong sized pen on the flower (.005 instead of .003).

Close up of finished magnolia flower ink drawing

I am really glad I stuck with it and once the holidays are over, I will move on to the next module and flower!


Referenced

Drawing Flowers by Ioana Pioaru

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