Sketching in Nature

I did a press release about our blog a week or so ago, which you can find on my original katequicksilver journal and then decided that for my monthly art demo at Olde English Garden Shoppe, I should demonstrate keeping a field journal. I chose the spiderwort by the back door that was past blooming, and the butterfly bush at the back of the garden--both of them spent, so I didn't have to worry about my models wilting as I worked. (It was HOT!) I always find there is much beauty in the whole process, from bud to dying flower to dried stalk...

I love doing this kind of illustration; I get lost in the colors and graceful shapes...