Done with wet-in-wet, pencil watercolor, pen in Raffine sketchbookSeveral of my friends suggested I sketch the containers with the herbs I added as one of my sketches.
Here's my attempt at doing this loosely. The scan is a bit darker than the original. It seems difficult for me to do a watery wet-in-wet and get the darker hues by the 2nd wash. (More practice here! LOL) I added a smidge of pen and a smidge of pencil to try to texturize the pots closer to the mottled, vertical lines I see in them.
The herbs I planted are very small right now -- but include: purple basil, spice bush basil, thyme, sage, chives and rose geraniums. I'm looking forward to having these through the winter!
8 comments:
Wow, you do textures so well! Any chance of you teaching Lin?!! I'd love to know how you do these!
Very nice and very "sketchbook like." I am amazed at the way you can get such unique results by playing around with it -- I just don't have the patience!
Hugs,
Lorraine
Lovely colours Lin
These pots should be gorgeous when they are at their peak. As always you did a lovely job depicting these my friend. I always enjoy my visits to your blog. :o)
Lin I can see such an improvement in your stuff with your experimenting and yet still your meticulous detail. Love them all. Congratulations on your 1 year blogging birthday.
You definitely know how to convey a speck of light on these pots. They came out great.
Yay! I'm happy to see them planted. My favorite is the taller lavender-ish plant on the left. It would be fun to see these again in a month or two when the herbs are full grown.
Great texture on the pots, I really like them.
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