After learning that Laura lived nearby (YEAH!!) we arranged to meet at the JC Raulston Arboretum today for a mini-sketch crawl (MY VERY FIRST!). What a DELIGHT to finally meet the beautiful woman behind the artwork I drool over!
We found a quiet spot and sketched while we chatted. Laura's painting of the area is INCREDIBLE! The sketch I did of ONE of the twisted wisterias looks as though it were on a diet! The tree I sketched (hackberry with partial vine covering a bit of branching) is the large one toward the background of Laura's row of wisterias.
I don't remember spending a more enjoyable afternoon! THANK YOU, Laura!
7 comments:
Oooh I'm envious!! :o) These are great Lin - I can see you were inspired. Well done. So can we expect a lot more trees now? :o)
These look lovely on your blog, but in person I could see your beautiful, delicate linework and the tiny splatters of glorious color. We had a wonderful time, didn't we?
These trees and the ones below are so beautiful. Lovely job. So nice that you and Laura could connect and crawl!! Lucky you
So evocative, I felt like I was there. And, like Terri, I was envioius. Well done!
Oh, that sounds like fun.I'm envious, too.I don't know anyone else in my area to sketchcrawl with.I tried it alone in a mall food court, but I was so nervous, I couldn't even draw.(I guess I was afraid someone would say."what are you drawing?"...and discover I wasn't too good at it!
What fun and what nice sketches Lin! I really like the vase from the B & B as well! How nice to have someone from the group to sketch with!!
lovely trees, Lin! now I have you and Laura to get me motivated and give it a go, I've been meaning to but haven't attempted it yet.
and I know it was a great day 'cause I'm smiling at memories of my own meeting!
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