Alrighty then. As promised, here is an Iris bloom from my dear wife’s flower garden. I included the notes I wrote in the sketchbook on this one.
I have to tell you, these buds and blooms have a lot of details that my eyes are simply too old to see unless I get really close. They have more detail than is reasonable to sketch so one has to judiciously leave some of it out.
That’s called “Artistic License”.
So, I learned once again just how complicated nature really is. Everything is way, way complicated…amazingly so.
There is so much to see. Sketching forces one to really study things they perhaps never would have bothered with otherwise . Look what I would have missed eh?
“Stop and sketch the Roses…or Iris…or Lugnut, or Unicycle, or Uncle Bob’s nose while he’s sleeping. It’s all fascinating once you start to study it.”
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Gorgeous color and plenty detail, too, if you ask me, Don. So graceful. And yes, the forcing one to see part may be the best part of sketching.
You and Karen are right about the “seeing.”
Your iris bud prompted me to start sketching again. I took my sketchbook with me to the zoo today, and got myself a lizard and the alligator enclosure. I’ll remember both of those things more clearly than anything else I saw there, because I took five minutes to sketch each one.
Amazing that five minutes is enough sometimes.
Wow!!! The colours of this Iris just jump off the page (or screen, in this case)!! I’m just back from Russia today, where winter is reluctant to let go his grey mantel (no snow). To see this Iris in all it’s glorious colour is truly a treat. Beautiful!
Yup. too much nature to draw! You have gotten just what’s needed though. Beautiful and you are making me cry. All my irisses died a few years ago. Maybe this year I’ll pant some more.
Bonny,
Thanks for the comment and glad you’re safely back at home.
Lindsay,
Sorry about your Iris, my wife has been through similar ordeals. Perseverance is the order of the day in gardening.
Brian,
Post them on your blog!
Glad you’re sketching!! It’ll be good for you. And yes, the drawing or sketching of anything forces you to “see” it. Amazing what is there when you look.
Karen,
Thanks for the comment!
Seeing is learning. Learning is enlightening.
Drawing from direct observation renders this iris bloom oh so convincing!
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Thanks for the comment Cynthia and thanks for stopping by
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