Sunday, August 16, 2009

Sketching in Nature

Spent Flowers

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...

9 comments:

  1. Wow Kate, this is absolutely gorgeous! Wonderful botanical sketch!!

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  2. Kate you captured such wonderful colors and gesture..gorgeous.

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  3. Plus it kept me entertained during the Art Crawl! Thanks, all...

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  4. Lovely sketches! What a nice site with great sketching from all of you I've seen so far! Nice work!
    Ronell

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  5. Those delicate greens are wonderful! Spent flowers can be so lovely; these have some beautifully descriptive movement.

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  6. Thank you, Elizabeth! I love their subtlety...

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