Maggie moved a seat to look down on the sunken garden area where the pond and archway reside and sketched 3 delightful studies from the same vantage point:
Brian made a beeline to the stone bench by the hydrangea to get a good view of the stone water feature with the children and umbrella. I didnt turn the spray on that comes up over the umbrella and down over the children into the water in case it splashed Philippa who sat nearby to sketch a double spread of the pond and beer barrel with the very tall fuchsias:
Brians sketch and Philippas pen and wash
Anne sat over by the greenhouse to view the white stone birdbath I have used as a carrier for a flower pot with pelagoniums and created a couple of pencil sketches:
John sat up on the decking in front of the raised summer house and worked on the round feature in the middle of the lawn, after first tackling the archway across the other side of the garden from his raised vantage point. After moving, Margaret decided to work on the steps and ballustrade of the summerhouse with flower pot on the corner (afraid the light pencil sketch did not photo well):
All the images posted were taken at the early stages and Im afraid I got so involved as the afternoon went on I forgot to photo the finished pieces.
A very busy afternoon, with lovely fruit scones with cream and strawberry jam baked and provided by dear Maggie, plus a traditional pot of tea with china cups and saucers, biscuits and sponge sandwich cake. We all enjoyed that break and a chance to look at each others work.
I never had time to add the colour to my hydrangea sketch but maybe today!!??
3 comments:
Oh my Joan! this sounds so inviting. How fun to draw in the garden--it's one of my most favorite things to do next to taking tea! Looks like a great time was had by all!!
What a fabulous day! Wish I could have joined you all.
I have no doubt from the comments as my visitors left, that they had all enjoyed themselves. It was so good to be outside creating art after the very wet August.
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