Meeeoooow, Monday! Purple power for this clematis floral design. I used to draw clematis a lot years ago. It's a lovely flower and fun to draw, and still is! Painted this one recently and used the Kuretake Gansai Tambi gouache paints I bought several months ago... I like how vibrant the colors are, but not quite used to gouache paints. Can't quite get the consistency right. It's either too thick on the brush or too thin and watery. Didnt know there's a learning curve for gouache paints.
As mentioned previously, I haven't been feeling creative the past several years... unpleasant life stuff. Gets in the way of creative stuff. I have many unfinished/unrendered sketches in my art pad that have stayed in pencil-sketch stage for years. This clematis is one of them. Sometimes it's just procrastination, not knowing how to proceed to the next stage... Color is one of my weaknesses, which is kinda why i do a lot of black fineliner doodles. I love color but I often get stumped when deciding on what color combos to use, despite having 800+ color pins on my pinterest for inspiration. So I would scroll and scroll and scroll and scroll through my color pins/board, yet still unsure! For this one, I decided to just play with it, including the background. Not quite feeling this color combo and background, but i can always draw and render new ones!
