Thursday, July 21, 2016

Last Piece for My Class

This is the last week for my "Beginnings" class at sketchbookskool.com. This piece is another one done in the Tommy Kane "slo mo" method which I love - lots of detail, lots of layering, pen, watercolor, and colored pencil - media that I love! (Or is it mediums.  I think it's either and I like mediums better.  Media means TV news.)

 After I finished my kitchen drawingI knew I wanted to do the “Tommy Lesson” in my garden.  This has taken all week because I could only handle the heat for short periods of time. (Near 100º every day.)  I worked early mornings and late evenings originally but wanted better light for color and shading.  The sounds and smells were wonderful – bees, butterflies, lots of hummingbirds, nearby petunias and herb garden, sweat dripping off my face.  One hummingbird kept zooming around checking me out and then sat on a tomato cage and watched me draw. I hate the heat of summer in the south, but love having the flowers, the colors, and the smells.

Watercolor, ink, and colored pencil
5" x 7"

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  1. Ooooh, this garden is lovely I can almost smell the flowers.

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  2. Ooooh, this garden is lovely I can almost smell the flowers.

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    1. Thanks so much. It was very aromatic, but also it was very hot. Haha. that's all I can think about when I look at this sketch.

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