Another go at depicting the daffodils I drew yesterday (post: Daffodil #1), this time on A4ish watercolour paper. I was intending this sketch to be a pure watercolour painting but it ended up a mixed media image. I felt the forms of the daffs needed a little more defining, and used soft pastels to pick…
Category: Drawings
Daffodil #1
Today’s drawing depicts a daffodil in bloom. I drew it in soft pastels on A4ish pastel paper. Still struggling with pastels…
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 #2
This is my third attempt in the last 3 or 4 days to capture these rainbow tulips. I hope I’m getting closer. This third sketch was painted in watercolour on watercolour paper. I added a little heightening in chalk pastel.
Seagulls #1
No blog entries for days and then two at once… This is just a quick scribble really. Relaxing over a cup of tea in the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton after a long walk, a lamp-post was favoured by several seagulls over a short period. This is an attempt to fleetingly capture some of them from…
Drawing Upon Life 