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Thursday, June 01, 2006

Garden Sketching

The whole family worked all weekend to dig out some new flower beds in the front of the house. I sat down yesterday and sketched what we had planted.

The first image is in my 5x8 Moleskine sketchbook. I used a micron 05, water soluble crayons and water color.

The second image is also in my Moleskine sketchbook. micron 05 and colored pencils.

The third and fourth images are in my brand new Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. Pencil and watercolor.


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15 comments:

  1. FABULOUS!! I really love the garden sketches -- great lines and colors!

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  2. Diahn, these are absolutely lovely.

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  3. I love the two page spread...very inspiring...

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  4. Anonymous6:54 PM

    The flowers are beautiful! I like the white background on the new Moleskine watercolor - and only wish they had made it in the same format as the sketchbook.

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  5. Girl, you ROCK on these! Wow! I love how you did the background on the 2nd drawing, and the way you worked the watercolor on the last one looks like a pro! I'm inspired! :-)

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  6. wonderful flowers! I love the vibrant background colours - makes the flower pop!

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  7. diahn, your WHOLE blog is an inspirational feast for the eyes and soul. THANK YOU, clare

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  8. These are really beautiful. Thanks for sharing your techniques.

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  9. I am so glad to see you painting again! You do such a wonderful job!! These are simply exqusite.

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  10. Anonymous8:54 AM

    My heavens, these are glorious! I absolutely LOVE them! The daylily with the swirly blue background is probably my favorite, but, really, it is impossible to choose among these!

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  11. The daisy is my favorite but they are all absolutely beautiful! Keep it up you just seem to be flourishing, it's not quanitity its quality and you have it girl! Love you ~C

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  12. Anonymous9:33 AM

    Wow. These are inspiring. I am enamoured by the 2nd one down. The contrast of scribbled background texture with the clean lines and vibrant colors of the flower are divine

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  13. Wow, everyone - thanks so much! I had a great time with these - they feel even more "mine" now, having planted them and then drawn them!

    I really like the Moleskine watercolor book - I even like the "reporter" format - makes for a very different experience than my regular Moleskine sketchbook.

    I enjoyed getting out my colored pencils again - I haven't touched them in a long time. I'm particularly touched by Laura's comment, because she's the inspiration for breaking them out again! And Linda - me, pro with watercolor? :-) THANKS!!!! You are the pro, my friend - I'm just a wannabe!

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  14. thanks Diahn, I think your drawings and paintings are lovely, I only need to aspire that high. Like the look of the watercolour book. Will try to get it when next months milk cheque comes in. Penny in south Australia

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