More than an hour later I wandered out of the Gardens via the Opera House gates. Although I was tired from a day in the sun I felt as though I had to do just one more drawing.
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Showing posts with label watercolour pencil. Show all posts
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday at Twin Ponds - Alissa Duke
On Saturday the weather was finally fine enough to go outdoors. I visited the Gardens Shop to spend a gift voucher I had (decisions, decisions..) and then asked about the recent sightings of the tawny frogmouth. I was pointed in the direction of the Twin Ponds. I did not see the bird (unsurprisingly) but I did spent time amongst the trees, enjoying the bird calls and sketching the fascinating tree bark. I love the way paperbark peels off the tree, and the shinyness of the eucalyptus.
More than an hour later I wandered out of the Gardens via the Opera House gates. Although I was tired from a day in the sun I felt as though I had to do just one more drawing.
More than an hour later I wandered out of the Gardens via the Opera House gates. Although I was tired from a day in the sun I felt as though I had to do just one more drawing.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Jennifer's Garden Sketchabout Weeks 1-3
Apologies for not posting my garden efforts week by week but it took me a while to organise my link
Bamboo was the first entry in my Gardens Sketchabout book - early on I was a bit hesitant to add watercolour in case I ruined a drawing I was basically happy with!
Having cut out the shape to draw the statue I decided I should keep the photo - to give a 'shadow' effect ?
This is possibly the one 'painting' I am most proud of - but if I tried again I probably couldn't replicate those (watercolour) leaves again ! This page, not being proper watercolour paper, buckles slightly - fellow sketchers should perhaps not follow my lead next year in binding a book with different weight papers
Bamboo was the first entry in my Gardens Sketchabout book - early on I was a bit hesitant to add watercolour in case I ruined a drawing I was basically happy with!
Having cut out the shape to draw the statue I decided I should keep the photo - to give a 'shadow' effect ?
This is possibly the one 'painting' I am most proud of - but if I tried again I probably couldn't replicate those (watercolour) leaves again ! This page, not being proper watercolour paper, buckles slightly - fellow sketchers should perhaps not follow my lead next year in binding a book with different weight papers
Jennifer's collaged garden
Am delighted to say I have finally mastered how to post to a blog! For the Gardens project I visited twice beforehand to take photographs for my handmade book - I found the slivers of photos gave me a great basis to attempt plants and trees with more confidence as I have not drawn this subject previously.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Alissa's sketches from Sketchabout 1
Blue Sky, sunshine and 40 enthusiastic sketchers in the Gardens! It was an inspriational site !
After chatting with a few of the sketchers , I settled under the shade of Moreton Bay fig ...
I am always fascintated by the fact that these fruit all seems to have only one or two bites out of them and then tossed away - Do the bats get full quickly or did this fruit taste bad and they move onto another ????
and after we all met up to compare sketchbooks and our experiences a few of us went to Afternoon Tea at the Restaurant
After chatting with a few of the sketchers , I settled under the shade of Moreton Bay fig ...
I am always fascintated by the fact that these fruit all seems to have only one or two bites out of them and then tossed away - Do the bats get full quickly or did this fruit taste bad and they move onto another ????
and after we all met up to compare sketchbooks and our experiences a few of us went to Afternoon Tea at the Restaurant
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