iris drawing

graphite and paper
9 x 12
sketching the iris stalks that were trampled by the rain

colored pencil and black paper

garden pastels

Iris Buds
9 x 12" pastels on colored paper

My iris bed is in full bloom...I read Charles Hawthorne notes to students last night. I am trying to work with color and shape. The negative positive (figure/ground) issues in iris beds are a delight.

Maggie's Dianthus bed
9 x 12" pastel on colored paper
I see this bed from my kitchen window, over the sink. The little red flowers are charming.

Tulips

9" x 12"
oil on canvas
The tulips and lace work well...the window sill is a mess. Oh well. Too much wet paint to keep on working it...it is over worked in the bottom quarter.

Tulips, Iris buds

Graphite on paper
9" x 12"
prep for painting

 

 Colored pencil and paper

iris bud from photo

Iris Bud

2.75" x 3.75"
colored pencils on paper

Marbles on the Kitchen Floor

9" x 11"
silver and gold colored pencil with gauche on black paper
I love to draw...it's a shame the end product is such a nuisance to market...framing is more expensive and for some reason people won't pay much for drawings or watercolors.  There is a soft, shimmery quality to the metallic pencils that (unfortunately) the scanner can't quite capture...though if you move your head around while viewing a plasma monitor...the colors will shift...sort of the same effect.