the Sketchpack project-31 watercolour flowers

A very good friend of mine encouraged me to participate in a 31-day challenge called 'The Sketchpack Project. I was a bit hesitant at first as it sounded really intense and it was about painting or drawing EVERY DAY! I had never drawn or painted every day, but I wanted to take on this challenge and see if I could do it... I opted for watercolours and decided to paint 31 flowers.

 

I made an accordeon booklet (10 cm by 8,5 cm) as indicated by the host of this maginificent Project:

 

 

...and then got down to work:

 

 

day 1: sunflower    day 2: dandelion

 

 

day 3: iris    day 4: tulip

 

 

day 5: crocuses    day 6: king's cup

 

 

day 7: snowdrops      day 8: daffodil

 

 

day 9: lily      day 10: pansy

 

 

day 11: hollyhock      day 12:  magnolia

 

 

day 13: poppies    day 14: rose

 

 

day 15: cactus flower

 

 

day 16: passion flower       day 17: sword Lily

 

 

 

day 18: knapweed          day 19: bleeding hearts

 

 

day 20: Fresia    day 21: no idea what the right name is; we called them 'bells'

 

 

day 22: gerbera    day 23: foxglove

 

 

day 24: thistle   day 25: Daisy

 

 

day 26: aster    day 27: azalia

 

 

 

 

day 28: sterlitzia    day 29: gloriosa

 

 

day 30: anthurium      day 31: nun's hood

 

 

 

 I'm very happy with the outcome and I can tell I have improved. :)  I have also discovered what I feel comfortable with paiting and what areas I still have to work a lot on. I definitely need to devote more time to petals as the more of them the harder it is to paint them. A long way to go still ;)

 

Also, I came to the conclusion that it would be great to be able to paint every day, but life is quite hectic at the moment and I will have to resort to occasional painting. Still, I will be doing it ;)