Another drawing
The spirit of 365 days of blog posts includes stretching into new territory; my friend who will be starting her second 365 day posting adventure will be starting hers on Friday (with a detour through power outage, storm damage, and downed trees because of Hurricane Florence).
In that spirit, I thought I'd try to use a photo from last summer as inspiration for another watercolor pencil/ink practice. I'm not accustomed to doing any kind of "art" on my own, aside from gardening, so I'm thinking tip-toe steps.... Somehow, pencil, watercolor pencil, and ink doesn't seem quite as intimidating as straight watercolor.
And I was mindful looking through photos of how "difficult" some subjects could be (and I'm thinking about a piece I can do in 30-40 minutes, not a day or a week).
My drawing didn't look anything like its inspiration photograph. But that's OK. It's practice, and connecting me back, too to a place that's beautiful in the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec.
This was a view from the ridge up behind our house, looking towards the St. Lawrence River through the farm fields and flower-filled field edges.
My drawing, done on flimsy notebook paper, was simply an interpretation. Nothing more than practice.
I was glad to do it. I think the flimsy paper in the notebook (instead of the expensive watercolor paper and watercolors that I also have) was another freeing aspect.
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| Above the farm fields, looking towards the St. Lawrence |
And I was mindful looking through photos of how "difficult" some subjects could be (and I'm thinking about a piece I can do in 30-40 minutes, not a day or a week).
My drawing didn't look anything like its inspiration photograph. But that's OK. It's practice, and connecting me back, too to a place that's beautiful in the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec.
This was a view from the ridge up behind our house, looking towards the St. Lawrence River through the farm fields and flower-filled field edges.
My drawing, done on flimsy notebook paper, was simply an interpretation. Nothing more than practice.
I was glad to do it. I think the flimsy paper in the notebook (instead of the expensive watercolor paper and watercolors that I also have) was another freeing aspect.
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| an interpretation of a meadow view |
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