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Submitted: December 8, 2012
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Bell Vine - Aquamarkersby *Gee355

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Bell Vine

A Bell Vine I saw on holiday in Wales. This was 'painted' completely using Letraset Aquamarkers, (water-based ink markers).

I pencilled the basics and then went in with the markers, expecting them to be a bit streaky. But, after using a stiffer, synthetic brush to mix the pigment with water I was impressed with how bright and manageable they were.
The colours seem brighter than my usual watercolour work. The flowers are done with just a few dabs of the pens, as they mix with water instantly to show quite a lot of pigment and i wanted to keep them pale.
I started to get confident and added 'backwashes' of plain water dropped into the pigment on the background areas

The scan has left out some of the subtler brushwork but its a pretty good representation.
Work-in-progess on

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The leaves used 'fern green', 'peacock blue' & 'mahogany' markers.
The flowers are just 'peacock blue' & 'raspberry' markers.

There is a step-by-step BLOG here: [link]

Aquamarkers & pencil on watercolour paper.