I’m a bit at a loss with the word ‘miniature’. I know what it means, but I keep thinking of ‘miniscule’ instead. And when I think of ‘miniscule’, I think of those animations about insects.

I’d like to make something a bit simpler, but it looks as though this is going to be a long-term project and I don’t really have the time for that. So I’ve spent a while thinking about how to proceed.

I’m not really keen on flowers or floral still lifes, so I’m going for a carnivorous plant to add a bit of action.

What went wrong

I was interrupted and the phone call went on for a couple of hours. I decided to carry on painting. The brush made a mess of it. I replaced it with a Van Eijck #10.

I sketched the carnivorous plant’s meal first. That was quite a nice little job, but the pen bled and smudged. I should have used Chinese ink and a dip pen instead.

I did the red part of the flower with a watercolour pencil and it turned out a hideous, garish pink colour, yuck!

Now the question is how to change that. Actually, I wanted most of the flowers to be faint, but the brush didn't work and the paper also started to dissolve because of the water.
I carried on using the Van Eijck brush. That went much better.

How to fix that mess?
I can’t carry on and add details until the paper is dry. This creates the time to think about my next step. I’m wondering whether I should use a ballpoint pen.

The Process

It looks terrible.
That pink is watercolour pencil, once wet way too much.





Bad choice: the liquidly free ink roller leaks!

Materials:

• bamboo paper - A4 - sketchbook
• pencil HB we
• watercolour pencil: green + pink (magenta?)
• watercolour cubes (Action)
• watercolour white (tube) - Van Gogh
• pencil for fine white lines: nail pencil
• round brush - Van Bleiswijck #? + van Eijck #10
• Liquidly free ink roller

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Prompt: miniature
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