I realised that I forgot to show you this sketch of pansies that I’ve done after the first lot, but before the ones I shared on Tuesday.
It’s in my Moleskine watercolour sketchbook (Landscape 21×13 cm), which means I get to keep it. The thought of brightening someone’s day by a simple act of sending them a letter with a small painting does make it very hard to resist the urge to part with the best work. However I don’t want to keep only the unsuccessful paintings, as I would like to have some representative examples of my progress and the learning process.
This week I didn’t feel like getting out my watercolour kit, so instead done some black and white sketches with the Staedtler pigment liner pen attempting to gather ideas for designing some new stamps, which I’ll use to decorate the envelopes. Now I just need to figure out where my set of lino cutting tools is – I suspect it is in one of the still unpacked boxes.
I have to warn you that I’m not yet over sketching the pansies and thanks to their long flowering season I should have plenty of opportunities. They are such lovely, simple and cheerful flowers; and despite their simplicity I discover something new about them each time I paint them. So far I’ve been sketching these beauties.
However I also have these ones growing on my balcony.
Happy creating!
I love the painting and those drawings are going to make fabulous stamps!
Thank you.
absolutely gorgeous, you are incredibly talented! I love how you’ve created such a fragile and delicate texture with your watercolours – something that I’m currently trying to master.
Thank you for your kind words.
I can’t get enough of pansies either. My mother always says she sees them as “little faces”.
Some of them do look very much like little faces. The “facial features” are even more noticeable when sketching them in black and white.
seriously the most beautiful flower. love your work
Thank you.
You are very talented, I have enjoyed watching your work improve. Reading and looking at your art has been a pleasure, thank you.
Harriet, thank you for your kind words.