Tree peony, ws pencil and tinted graphite, 2012.
For this drawing of a tree peony bloom, I used tinted graphite for subtlety and pumped up the pinks and greens with water soluble coloured pencils. This was the first time I have used the tinted graphite and I like it a lot!
I am still working on several other white flowers. They don’t seem to be finishing themselves (darn it). I guess I needed the excitement of working with a new medium to get this drawing finished.
Anemonella thalictroides
This post is just an excuse to show a photo of one of the prettiest little flowers one can find in the Ontario woods: rue-anemone. In Ontario, it is restricted to the Carolinian zone, i.e. the Deep South, and it is not common.
It was growing near some wood anemone (Anemone quinquifolia), another small plant with very similar flowers but less delicate leaves.
Anemone quinquefolia.
I submitted two drawings to the Coloured Pencil Society of Canada’s first juried exhibit and was very pleased to have one accepted. The exhibit opens in Ottawa on July 3 at the Shenkman Arts Centre, reception July 7th.
