My friend @debraprinzing of @slowflowerssociety has been reprising her 52 weeks of seasonal bouquets from her book Slow Flowers. They are beautiful and they remind us to think about a local, seasonal aesthetic for fresh flowers! Anyway they are also fun to draw. I’ve been playing around with some colored inks. Do you have a favorite—ink or flowers? The inks are: Kakimori Tototo (magenta) Kakimori Totori (gold/orange) De Atrametis Document Brown (brown, obv) And then regular black India ink. . . . #inkandwash #kakimoriink #drawyourday #floralfriday #slowflowers #drawingflowers #floralart #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #botanicalartist #theydrawandgarden #modernflorals #floralillustration #inkdrawing #inktober #floralartist (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDyt6SSZqI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ce vendredi après une semaine bien remplie on a pu faire de beaux bouquets avec les premiers dahlias qu'on ne destinait pas a la vente. Voila le resultat !

In my next (hand-illustrated!) newsletter I’m writing about birds, reflecting on what’s changed in the flower business since I wrote Flower Confidential in 2007, and answering your questions. Get in on it at amystewart.com/newsletter. This is @teresasabankaya’s flower stall in Santa Cruz, back in 2005 when we first met. . . . #urbansketchers #urbansketch #urbansketching #slowflowers #drawyourday #drawyourlife #sketchbook #flowerconfidential (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmylRnPS0-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Don’t forget next Sunday 12th June in Luxembourg it’s ‘Mammendag’ or Mother’s Day! So if you want to order a seasonal local bouquet from us you can go online @botanika.lu or dm with your size preference medium €25 or large €40. Pick up locations are Gasperich, Hobscheid or Kopstal Saturday 11th June. #seasonalcutflowers #slowflowers #localbusiness #mothersday #mammendagzulëtzebuerg #sustainable #supportsmallbusiness #growninluxembourg #madeinluxembourg🇱🇺 #flowerstagram #cutflowers (at Hobscheid) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeVbRMsOqA9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hi friends! Most of you who know me personally know my huge love for flowers! It is our 4th JOY in our 5 JOY’s of Copper House! One day I hope in addition to Copper House to have my own little farm too! That being said I follow this beautiful small flower farm & after almost 10 years of farming on March 5th a tornado whipped out their entire farm! Every greenhouse, hoop house, & info structure GONE. Luckily their family was safe & their home only sustained minimal damage. But if you have ever grown anything, built even a small greenhouse, or built your own small business from nothing you can absolutely feel what must be utterly crippling heartbreak they must be going through right now💔 I know they are not local….but they are a small family business so I sharing their story because even if you don’t have money please send them love 💕 in hopes they will be able to have the strength to rebuild & continue to bring JOY to their community for many years to come 💞 @pepperharrow_ #smallbusinesssupport #smallbusinessowner #slowflowers #flowerfarmer https://www.gofundme.com/f/tornado-hit-pepperharrow-flower-farm?qid=600dc738fc28dbb495cc76ec854ef3b5 Below is the story https://youtu.be/2yijZ_MVsUQ (at Copper House Inc) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb_JguLv101/?utm_medium=tumblr

My darling husband brought home some beautiful Thanksgiving flowers from @solabeeflowers and I just had to draw them. He told them “Put in all the weird stuff” because he knows me 😁 and they did, and the weird stuff was the most fun to draw. Oh, and I used the GIANT Moleskine sketchbook for the first time, so this is just about life-sized! First time using @higginsinks and I loved that brown color but it took forever to dry. Does anyone have recommendations for drawing inks? . . . #slowflowers #slowflowerssociety #pdxlife #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #floralart #floralarrangement #localflowers #naturejournal #naturesketchbook #pdxartist #pdxartists #pnwartist #pnwartists #pdxflorist #pdxflowers #portlandflorist #portlandflowers #botanicalartist #moleskinesketchbook #moleskineart (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWtrTJiPAyi/?utm_medium=tumblr

My last market bunch from @sweet_peas_stems for the season. These dahlias are delicious! #flowerfarmer #dahlias #slowflowers #marketbunch #pinkbouquet https://www.instagram.com/p/CVWI2DZLcYt/?utm_medium=tumblr

Love love love this tonal peachy bouquet of dahlias and zinnias from @sweet_peas_stems! Sheer loveliness from a local flower farm! #flowerfarm #slowflowers #dahlias #zinnias #tonalbouquet #fallflowers https://www.instagram.com/p/CVEE9rPrx3B/?utm_medium=tumblr