Gifts from last night’s lovely dinner party guests.
bouquet on tile
Tag: flowers
just a little one
Busy day, so only time for a tiny sketch. Literally tiny — it’s less than 2″ high, done with a .005 micron pen and painted with a size 0 brush. Inspired by the colours in a Saul Steinberg sketch of an ashtray made for him by his friend Alexander Calder. Thanks to Esté MacLeod for the prompt.
In other achievements, I replaced the ratty mesh on the screen door in our dining room, and now I feel like a DIY superhero.
flower parts
The feral nasturtiums are just about done for the year, so I thought I’d keep the memory here in my sketchbook.
Allium schoenoprasum
I am admiring the vase of pretty purple chive flowers here on my table, and feeling inspired by the botanical illustrations of Swedish botanist Carl Lindman (1856-1928). There is so much to learn from artists like him.
Chives are widespread in nature across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. A. schoenoprasum is the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old Worlds. As well as producing edible flowers, leaves and bulbs, chives have pest-repelling properties that make them a great companion plant for most other vegetables and herbs. The plant also provides a great deal of nectar for pollinators. Gotta love ’em!
Sparrow Café
Sweet little table arrangement at my birthday lunch.
For Suzanne
Our writer-naturalist-historian-artist-musician friend Suzanne just gave a presentation on the “ghost railway” of Malibu. This vase of flowers was on the coffee table in front of me at the event venue; I knew S. wouldn’t mind if I sketched it for her while listening to her excellent talk.
for Lauren
I don’t normally take painting commissions, but I made an exception this time.
recovery day
Not only did Annette keep the garden alive in our absence, she left me with a nice sketch subject.
lucky me
I have some really nice (and generous) friends. You know who you are. 😁
fuchsia buds
Fuchsia is such a weird word. Even though I am good at spelling, I keep thinking it should be ‘fuschia’. In fact, knowing that I find the word tricky, I looked it up before doing this lettering and STILL spelled it wrong. I had to move the letters around in Photoshop to correct it. Doh!
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