Six Bouquets

Little explosions to celebrate a special day!

Happy 4th of July!

Twig Fantasy

 

One of my favorite thing to do:  drawing imaginary plants.  Occasionally I study an actual twig brought back from a nature walk, but mostly I prefer making my own version of things. 

Winter Twigs

Walking in winter:

Such delicate designs against the white of the snow. 

Drawing the Sun

 

What happens when the pen is left to its own will.  

Love Plants

 

Some Love Plants for a very snowy Valentine's day.  

Study for Plants

 

Remember Plants?  

Funky Plant

 

In those days of imaginary plants, I was really enjoying playing with the inside of one main shape.   Below is one of my more elaborate drawings from that time:

8 plants

 

One of the very early drawings from my Funky Plants period.  I did tons of elaborate pen and ink drawings along these lines.  And a few paintings too.  Here is one I like:

3 Hairy Plants

 

Where plants and columns meet.  

Strange and Spiny

 

A strange and spiny thing.  Not sure what I had in mind was quite like this.  

3 Hairy Trees

 

At Omi recently, enjoyed many pieces.  Among them 2 groupings of 3 trees.  One  of them 3 black burned trunks.  The other 3 trees made of layers of flat strips, one white, one blue and one red.  I like groupings of 3. 

4 Trees #6

 

The 4 trees again.  This time with a different color harmony.  

Apple Picking

 

What glorious days for apple picking!  Here is the Queen and her own tree.  (Each apple picked is a victory over squirrels!)

Blue Garden

This was a pretext to play with watercolor.  This is one of the reasons I really enjoy this drawing-a-day: sometimes I just try things with no concern about the result. 

4 Trees Again

 

I am enjoying this concept a lot.  This time 4 different paper scraps.  

4 Trees # 3

 

Another version of the 4 trees.   Staying with the blue harmony and playing with material: collage, colored pencils, gouache and watercolor. 

4 Trees #2

 

A second version of the 4 Trees.  I wanted to try a color harmony with watercolor.  I like this theme.  

Interlude

 

Letting the pen go freely on good watercolor paper.  Nothing in mind.   The pleasure of the pen scratching the paper, back and forth from green to brown.  The result reminds me of the underwater vegetation observed recently at Moreau Lake on a lazy afternoon. 

Darkness

 

The black birds are like so many little insecurities hiding everywhere.   And the garden grows regardless. 

Visitors

 

Were they summoned for advice?  Will they be helpful?  Will the queen be able to discern the right answer?  Is there a right answer?