STARTED DURING THE INKTOBER CHALLENGE, BACK IN OCTOBER 2018, INK PAINTINGS OF FLOWERS BECAME A SERIES OF PERSONAL PIECES. ALL 31 FLOWER WAS PAINTED IN A MORE EXPRESSIVE MANNER THAN USUAL, GIVING THE PROCESS THE MOST ATTENTION.

MONOCHROME AESTHETIC IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS ENJOYED PERSONALLY AND FLOWY BLACK INDIA INK EFFECTS ARE DEFINITELY SOMETHING WORTH SHARING.

Flowers pencil sketches - rose and dahlia

Black and white flower painting process - blooming succulent

It was important to keep the process fairly simple for this project, so there was a set time limit of working on each painting. All flowers were painted from personal references: photographs taken during trips, of my bridal bouquet and flowers received as gifts.

Blooming succulent - ink painting by Anna Farba

Blooming succulent - ink painting closeup

Studying flowers and turning them into more abstract, graphic artworks was a challenge that I was happy to take on. Usually my watercolor illustrations are carefully planned out and highly detailed, but this time the goal was to plan less and enjoy the ink flow more.

Orchid black and white ink painting by Anna Farba

Lily black and white flower illustration by Anna Farba

More about materials: each flower was painted on 600 gsm cold press watercolor paper, that has an amazing texture quality. Black india ink with matte finish was an obvious choice, together with Micron liner pens for adding the final touches and smallest details.