Well if this sword lily doesn’t scream that I’m “Gladiolus” to meet you then I don’t know what does! Inspired by a watercolor painter and floral artist, I decided to do a marker sketch of this gladiolus and doing some shading with Thorton’s dual brush pens and Prisma colored pencils. While I’m still getting acquainted with both mediums, I find it more difficult to shade with markers and get that smooth gradient effect. It’s not as easy to layer or blend when compared to pastels and/or acrylic paint which give you more flexibility to mix and build before it sets on canvas. I guess it’s just going to take some practice getting used to how to work with these mediums and luck for me, I have YouTube to refer to hundreds of drawing tutorials. I’m looking forward to exploring marker drawing some more and find it especially convenient to pack these in my bag and go.