Succulent Paintings Series – Echeveria Black Prince

Succulent Paintings Series — Echeveria Black Prince.

Succulent Paintings Series includes a selection of succulents from different genera. Included in the series is the plant featured here, the Echeveria Black Prince. This succulent has large and puffy heart shaped petals colored a soft green with maroon spots across the top of each petal giving the plant its name “Black Prince“. Easy to grow and care for it is an unusual and attractive addition to any succulent enthusiast’s collection.

MEDIUM: Digital Painting | STYLE: Painterly Realism | SIZE: 8 x 10 | ORIENTATION: Portrait | TOOLS: Procreate, 13″ iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, Giclée Fine Art Archival paper and ink | AVAILABILITY: Prints available | CONTACT SHADOWMYST ART FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ARTIST’S PROCESS:

Succulent paintings series – Echeveria Black Prince was painted in Procreate on a 13″ iPad Pro using the Apple Pencil Pro. Each painting in this set of 4 replicates traditional paintings’ depth and texture through layered digital brushwork. A careful structural drawing was made detailing the shape, leaves, stems and patterns for this piece. The next step was color blocking for each leaf on separate layers to create depth through size, deepening colors and crisp edges. The background wash was placed on layers below the plant’s foundation layers to set the tone for the leaf colors. Above the leaf base color, multiple rounds of detail work and value refinement created the leaf details for each layer. A final set of layers perfecting shadow and light was created using a Procreate soft, round watercolor brush to finalize the Echeveria Black Prince plant of the Succulent Paintings series.

CHALLENGE:

Since this series represents 4 completely different plants the background details had to be chosen to match the mood of each particular plant’s characteristics while keeping the series connected. To achieve this a watercolor style background multiple layers and Procreate watercolor brushes were used to lay down a main background wash of pale yellow for the Black Prince.

SUBJECTS AND THEMES:

Botanical — Echeveria Black Prince — Sedeveria Genus — Succulent — Nature — Procreate Artwork