I designed a new Canadian $20 coin! Featuring Tulips from Mom’s garden 🌷 (Patreon)

As many of you know, when I am not busy with watercolors, my job involves creating money designs for the Royal Canadian Mint. These are massive creative projects that take up to a year to complete so it’s always exciting to finally see my designs released to the public: in silver or gold - or both as you will see on the latest coin 😊 I am sharing a few images here, along with my sketches in case you are curious to see my thought process from the very beginning.

The coin features tulips in different stages of bloom and a real (!!!) diamond in the center. It’s my 5th design in these series and I am absolutely thrilled to share it with you. Now back to watercolor sweat peas and … Lilly of the valley maybe for our next tutorial? 😉

🌷 The coin is available on the Royal Canadian Mint website: https://www.mint.ca/en/shop/coins/2023/pure-silver-coin-dancing-diamondtm-sparkle-heart-lc

🌷 you can also see a close up video here: https://youtu.be/lz-4aUe7Smg