Another purple bouquet
Posted: June 4, 2023 Filed under: Uncategorized 15 CommentsI picked some purple flowers from my garden yesterday and sketched them in the last page of my sketchbook. Later on, when I looked back at the first page of the book, I realized that it was another purple bouquet. And when I checked the date of that drawing, I discovered that I started this book exactly a year ago today.
It was the first time I had tried a Hahnemuhle 100% cotton book, and I’ve been working in it ever since. I have both portrait and landscape versions in A4 format. I use the landscape one for urban/travel sketching and the portrait one for experimentation and drawing things around the house, like Alice, my wheelbarrow and lots of bouquets.
It’s really interesting to look back and see a compressed version of the year through the pages of the book. For example, I remember how crappy I felt on the day I sketched the windmill. I was recovering from COVID, and I think that’s reflected in the drab colours I used. Or how chilly it was in the house when I did the ice storm drawings. I was too cold to take out my watercolours so I drew in Micron pen.
I did a little video flip through of the book and posted it on Instagram, in case you’re curious to see what’s in between the two purple bouquets.
This is a lovely summery bouquet full of colour! By the way, I just bought your Craftsy courses about landscape and urban scapes. They are great!
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Nice sketch, you really did a good job at the dappled look of the splatches.
Beautiful
Fresh and pretty, taking my breath away for I love such simple and sweet yet elegant things!! Well done Shari!! Thank you for sharing.
Prince would’ve loved this! 🙂😘
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Your flowers always delight! Your IG video is great – you should post it here, too, for all your fans!!
So Very Lovely
shari, for those of us who don’t use Instagram, could you post it on Youtube? Thank you. I always recommend your blog and classes.
This is so lovely Shari! The flowers look so delicate and the different shades of purple are striking! 👍👏
Your flower paintings are always beautiful. I even took your class on flowers and still can’t seem to paint them well. Would love to see a picture of your garden.
Thanks Judy. My garden would never look very good in a photo. It has pockets of nice plants but the overall effect is not that great, except in early spring.
Lovely bouquet! I love the looseness of the watercolor without losing the definition of each flower’s color and shape.
Beautiful!
I’d love to see the rest of the book, but I don’t use IG. Here’s a second request to post it here for us non-IGers.
Beautiful and inspiring! I love your flip-through videos. I need to quit gardening and start drawing/painting the plants and flowers.