Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Stippled Clematis ~ Sigrid Frensen

Clematis 'Black Prince'

I've been so busy lately with a lot of things. Most of them had nothing to do with botanical painting, drawing or gardening. A bad thing, although the other things had to be done too. Last week we had a week off. We went on holiday, away from home and all the things that still need to be done here. We went to museums, slept a lot, visited my parents in law and I celebrated my birthday. All in all another busy week. But this was fun.

I actually found some time to draw a bit again. It had been ages since I made my last pen and ink botanical and I really felt like doing one now. Another artist, Michael Murillo from the US, asked me if I would like to trade drawings. I saw a nude sketch he made and I was impressed. I really loved it. He wanted to give me that sketch and trade it for one of mine. I don't have a lot of sketches. At least I don't think they are worth a trade. So I thought this pen drawing could be nice for him if he liked it. He did. So I started dotting this amazing deep purple violet Clematis viticella 'Black Prince' from my mother's garden. It was so much fun and so relaxing to do. Yesterday I finished it and here's the result. I think I might stipple another drawing soon.

5 comments:

  1. Beautiful, you have an amazing amount of fine detail in yor drawing. Sometimes a break from drawing can bring on a whole new enthusiam, when you find time to draw again.

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  2. Lovely drawing. One of my favorite flowers.

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  3. I love well done black and white. You did a beautiful job stippling this.

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