that poem came to mind, not because of this first image, but for what comes after...
i'm afraid i might be a one-hit wonder
remember my banana painting?
it came out much better than expected - i guess maybe i thought i might be alright at painting and sketching - i've had a bit of a comeuppance i think...
blow to the ego and all that
these little rosebuds are comfort food - a little reassurance that it's possible for me to draw and paint something i like
what gave me grief today was this -
the very kind lady at the flower shop down the street gave me a lovely bag stuffed full of flower petals
to practice painting with
when i was working on it i couldn't figure it out - now i think i was busy trying to capture every little detail, every single nuance of colour
i ended up with a very blended blob
i've sharpened these images but not messed with colour saturation or contrast - the one above is closer to how it really looks than the one above it - that one is very washed out
below shows the image after i added a little detail with my trusty brown pigma pen
i'm addicted to them - have one in each size, in brown
a few other colours in random sizes, but all the browns
it's kind of like my embroidery - i never ever use black, always brown-black
{same with my mascara!}
weird huh?
i'm much happier with it since adding the pen but still...
i think i need to capture the essence of the colours rather than the literal???
i was already to put my paints away when i decided i needed a little reassurance
so i sketched a row of rosebuds
quickly drawn, the pen lightly scratching the page - a hint of colour
i adore them - it's like they want to take flight
rose-bugs?
i looked at a few images online and decided to define the shapes a little more - it's time to go back to botany school - i remember calyx but that's about it
the little leafy tendril things that encase the rosebuds - they needed to be a little more pronounced
i sketched a larger one, made it blue and added some creamy yellow, realizing too late they would make green
ah well, i don't mind it after all
poetic license...
finally, i deepened the pink of the first rosebud, intending to add the dark just at the base but it spread quickly and enveloped almost the whole bud
i like it anyway
i actually like them quite a lot
and if i may forever tarry, i think i'll be quite content if i've a paintbrush in one hand and a pencil in the other
