Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
I think we've all spent some time going down rabbit holes, in pursuit of a certain type of stamp. I've done it on any number of occasions, but this was a hole I had no luck going down. I was in search of a Fireweed stamp, Fireweed being a type of wildflower here in Alaska. It's called fireweed, as it's touted as the first flower to return after a wildfire. It also grows like a weed once it's established. 
Most of the fireweed stamps I found were not what I was looking for. They were mostly small stamps with a sketched style to them. Not something that would pop on a card front, let alone could I have much luck coloring them. I gave up my search and decided to dig through my own stash. I pulled out my retired set of Fresh Flowers by Clearly Besotted and started experimenting with color combos to see if I could get what I wanted.
I stamped my flower onto a white panel and used some Worn Lipstick Distress Ink to create a bit of a glow around the blossom area. Then I pulled some Copic markers and did a bit of tone on tone coloring. I also selected dark enough greens, that I wouldn't end up with a weird shade of brown where the green would be at the top of the flower stem.
I experimented with using just RV13 and RV14 on the first two attempts, then I added in a bit of V01 on the third one, but I really feel like the fourth card was the money color.
The fourth one was a three-color blend of RV13, RV14, and V12. I completed each card with a sentiment and then added the finishing touch of white dots in the center of each blossom. While this isn't a perfect fireweed replica, I think this idea passes as an arty rendition. Here's a photo of the real flower for comparison.
What's your vote? Does it pass for fireweed?
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