9 February 05

Almond Blossoms—Retry

almond blossomsAfter last night’s hijacking of my sprig of blossoms, I went out and got another. Here’s a drawing done on one of my new sheets of Canson Mi-Teintes. I realize using colored pencils on this paper can’t quite work the same way, so I think next time I’ll do the entire drawing in white tempera before I start adding color.

These blossoms smell intensely like honey. It’s a wonderful thing to have them out your back door. (Except in our case it’s our front door, but we’re at the back of the other house.)

Posted by at 05:12 PM in Nature and Place | Link |
  1. It looks great from where I’m looking. Do you have Derwent coloured pencils? I remember my first small tin – something to be treasured as they were really quite expensive in those days. They were a joy to use however.

    — jenny    9. February 2005, 18:46    Link
  2. Jenny: yes, they are Derwent Signatures, a new line (sublime) of watercolor pencil. You can use a lot or a little water—gives you a lot of control over the saturation.

    — Pica    9. February 2005, 19:44    Link
  3. It’s simply beautiful, Pica! I’d proudly hang that drawing in my house!

    — Chris    11. February 2005, 08:20    Link

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