These tiny flowers fell off an Erysimum Mutabile, bought yesterday at Norton Priory’s plant fair. They’re now living in a jam jar. I’ve never seen a plant like this before. The flowers bloom yellow and gradually turn purple over time. The combination of yellows and purples on the same plant is gorgeous. This is a…
Category: Coloured Pencil
Easter Orchid
Four day weekend! No emails to check, no work to be done. What a wonderful feeling! Today’s drawing depicts an orchid plant. It’s drawn in Derwent coloured pencils on Daler Rowney pastel paper. The paper is around 12″ x 9″ (305 x 229mm) in size. The drawing is dedicated to Marion in Saarbrücken: Frohe Ostern…
Spring Snowfall
Liddypool, in common with much of the UK, has enjoyed some unseasonable snowfalls today. This is a drawing in coloured pencil of some garden plants suffering under the weight of today’s snow. Should have brought them in last night really. It was a bit nippy, wet and gusty outside so I drew this from the…
Rainbow Tulips #3
Yet another drawing of the old rainbow tulips there. I really should try to draw something else soon. I’ve concentrated on one flower this time – a bloom with attractive red and yellow petals. The sketch was made in pen with a touch of coloured pencil. It’s drawn in my A5ish sketchpad.
Rainbow Tulips #1
A couple of sketches here of some rainbow tulips. The first sketch (above) is rendered in chalk pastels, which (as has become second nature) I’ve struggled a bit with. I did it a couple of days ago but a radiator kindly burst before I had time to upload a photo of the scrawl. The second…
Drawing Upon Life 