Scilla

[eller]

I almost never use blue... Except today I did. This ATC shows a typical spring flower that's everywhere these days: Scilla, sometimes in German also called 'Blaustern' (blue star). It also happens to be one of my mother's favorite flowers. :) I had a lot of fun with the composition.



Materials I used:
Stillman&Birn Zeta Series sketchbook (270 g/m²)
Watercolors: Schmincke Horadam YInMn-Blau, LUKAS Türkis (PB16), White Nights Burnt Umber (PBr7), Phoenix Yellow Ochre (PY42), Turner Permanent Lemon (PY109), ROSA Gallery Magenta Rose (PR122)
White gel pen (Pentel)

Comments

[ursula]

These are pretty!

[eller]

Thank you! :) More pretty in real life, of course. Whole carpets of these things conquered Hamburg.

[green_knight]

Heh.

There are some in Kew Gardens. (There is almost everything in Kew Gardens. It's a big botanical garden with a mission and they know not when to stop). And it used to be that a horde of gardeners were valiantly fighting the squills from taking over the world.
Then one year they slipped.
And now, at the right point of the year, Kew gets taken over by squills.

[eller]

They are well on their way to world domination. :)

[house_wren]

I really enjoy seeing your artwork; thank you.

[eller]

Thank you for your feedback, I'm glad you enjoy my drawings! :)

[amberdreams]

I'm partial to a blue flower myself, don't think I've come across this particular variety before, so I'll have to look it up! what do you think of the YInMn-Blue? I wasn't all that impressed with the one I've got, it doesn't seem that much different from a nice Ultramarine.

[eller]

Mh, it's a very slimy Ultramarine with a bit of a reddish tint? I mean, it's a very pretty color, but also dramatically overpriced. I'm glad to have it in my collection but it's not something I need very often.

[yhlee]

Gorgeous :D I love your ability to do composition with flowers. (I learned the hard way that no, actually, you can't just randomly draw flower sand get a good composition if you do not know how to composition lol.) :D

Texas bluebonnet says hi?! XD

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That blue really pops. :D

Scilla also comes in lavender, pink, and white. I have some assorted ones in my yard.

I like that you include which paints or other media you use.