Silverback gorilla sketch Atlanta zoo

Sketch of gorilla beringei beringei on moleskine watercolor.

Memories of warmer days

 

I've been busy this week making my sister's birthday card.  As she loves nature as much as I do I thought I'd draw these butterflies I had photographed in the summer on a fresh sprig of ivy I picked from the garden last Sunday. I used tracings of the insects to position them over the outline of the plant before I started with my coloured pencils. I've double mounted the drawing on red card with a narrow band of lime green round the image which brings out the colour of the flowers.

Sketches from my Window

We're having a cold snap.  My driveway is ice.  Schools are closed.  Birds are eagerly coming to our offerings.  The robins picked my hawthorn tree almost clean about a week ago, but one came to check on the last few berries.  He ate one but didn't seem to like swallowing frozen hardballs.

My husband and I have been taking turns getting up at first light and getting a humming bird feeder hung for this sweet little Anna's hummingbird.  This morning it only took two hours for the fresh feeder to freeze so switched it with another I was keeping warm in the living room.

Kingfisher

I can never pass up the opportunity to sketch a kingfisher.  This one perched on a thin driftwood branch which was hanging over shallow water along the Coquille River, less than a mile from the Pacific Ocean.  He was back lit; patiently looking for his supper as the day came to a close.

Snow on the Fir Trees - Lin Frye

Snow on the Fir Trees, a photo by linfrye . on Flickr.

5" x 7" Alcohol Ink
Yupo Paper

Outside the trees are mostly bare and
Winter is nudging remaining oak and Bradford pear leaves
from their limbs.

The moon glints the deep, dark night, and
there is a deeper, colder quiet
than in any other season.

The Thanksgiving turkey remains
in leftovers, the holiday rush
has amplified, and
December is knocking at the door.

I say goodbye to autumn
reluctantly,
and huddle down,
like the wildlife,
to begin the long, long winter.

Lin Frye
North Carolina

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, a photo by linfrye . on Flickr.

Wishing everyone a blessed Thanksgiving - filled with love, family, friends, joy, and abundance!!

I am thankful for each and every one of you! Thank you for your continued support and encouragement!

Big HUGS!

Lin
North Carolina

A pile of apples

 

A friend gave me a bag of windfalls and I had a happy afternoon painting them in my watercolours, blemishes and all!