Hello dearhearts I have met already, and welcome new dearhearts who have come to say hi from Leah’s blog and Art Every Day Month :)
Mother nature presented me with this …nasturtiums bursting out with a clash of colour between iris leaves in dappled sun in my back garden…
I brought a variety of different coloured ones inside and dropped them in a jam jar :)
Here’s the beginnings of a drawing. You can see my dip pen and ink there on the right (inside an old ricotta container in case of spillage).
Now it needs lots and lots of colour :)
Warmth and light to you,
Love Meg x o
Do you use a fixative after you do the ink outline for your paintings? I always find the the black ink runs when I apply the color.
Thanks for coming by, Bobbi, and for your kind comment :)
The black outline is using “Indian Ink” and on the bottle it says: Lightfast, water resistant.
Hope that helps!
I get that jam too – and aren’t the bottles so pretty and just right for fine stemmed flowers! I put freesias in them.
Lovely lines and I can’t wait to see this coloured!
Hi Bec!
Yes the jars are a good proportion aren’t they? And with nice embossing :) I must experiment with soaking the label off, too!
The colouring is done… Tomorrow in the daylight I shall photograph!
hey we have nasturtiums on this side of the equator too. but we don’t have roos :(
Nasturtiums are the best, aren’t they? It’s been a bumper season this Spring.
Haven’t seen a roo for a while :)
Hey thanks, Tammy :)
There is a some incentive/panic with the Xmas markets coming up – I need a couple of new pieces!
I’ve been enjoying your wylde women colouring pages too!
Just like that! A picture. I really like that framing thing you do with your pictures (on the page) – and I love this drawing. And I can’t wait to drool over the finished piece!
Thanks so much for coming by and commenting, fellow Art Every Day people! You’re most kind :)
Lovely drawing, wish I had half those drawing skills!
fabulous line work