I’m a big fan of winter but even I’m over the cold season this year. And without fail on the 1st September (for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere) it was a warm, sunny spring day. Work has been very manageable this week so it allowed me some free time to sit in my backyard and draw this scene. It’s not that often I get to see all my flowers in bloom together. It makes me feel like a competent gardener, not a great one, but good enough.
I also broke some ground in my architecture study. One of the struggles I had was fitting in the entire scene without pencilling in structure lines to start with.
So I made a compromise. I’m use to painting first and outlining second, so I painted in very faint gestural lines.
Although they weren’t 100% accurate, it was enough to use as a guideline, and it took the pressure of worrying about whether I would fit it all in at the end.
And to make sure it wasn’t a fluke, and only something I could do at a desk, I went for a walk and did a few more.
Happy seasonal changes everyone!
Cheers,
Meegan
Thank you for sharing some tips on how you are sketching buildings! Your garden looks fabulous!
Thanks Aafke.
Once again, some fabulous sketching Meegan!
Stew.
thanks stew!