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One of my favorite things about taking sketchabouts in the ‘hood is admiring the flowers in my neighbors’ gardens. A few days ago I
spotted some brilliant orange and yellow lilies growing against a fence. With
flowers, it’s always hard to resist color, but I also know that I can learn
more from using only value tones. To keep myself from being tempted, I pulled
out my little red Field Notes and sketched an orange lily with nothing but a black
brush pen and white colored pencil.
Of course, I can only resist for so long. Right after that
sketch, I pulled out my colored pencils for the yellow lily growing nearby.
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Both are so different, but great!!! They look really nice on the red paper.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joan! It's really fun to try the same subject twice in very different ways.
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