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!
Wow, you do textures so well! Any chance of you teaching Lin?!! I'd love to know how you do these!
ReplyDeleteVery 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!
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Lorraine
Lovely colours Lin
ReplyDeleteThese 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)
ReplyDeleteLin 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.
ReplyDeleteYou definitely know how to convey a speck of light on these pots. They came out great.
ReplyDeleteYay! 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.
ReplyDeleteGreat texture on the pots, I really like them.
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