Saturday 28 January 2012

FRIEND'S BOUQUET




Everyone brought something different to paint on Thursday, so I resorted to an arrangement of dried seedheads and two silk peonies, choosing some at random to make my own composition. They all came from friends and so make a lovely arrangement in my sunroom. They include love in the mist from Anita's garden, wheat stalks from the edge of a nearby field, artichokes from Brian's allotment, teasel and hogweed from Helen and the two silk flowers bought for me by my sister in law whilst out shopping together during a visit to my brother's family. We had a discussion as to what the three rounded pompom seed heads were from - but came to no conclusion, They had little four sided star shapes clustered together - which unfortunately I lost when adding the water to the inktense marks.



I think the soft result proves Inktense pencils don't have to be harsh colours. I did intend to keep some areas dried marks, but got carried away whilst we all nattered the afternoon away with tea and cake.

5 comments:

Christiane Kingsley said...

Joan, this is so soft and romantic. I love it!

Unknown said...

Ah Christiane has beaten me to the words. What a great memory of the people in your lives through their contribution to your painting.

Joan Sandford-Cook said...

So glad you like my afternoon's work on this soft little piece. I was quite pleased with the composition but disappointed I did not leave some dry pencil marks here and there.

Barb Sailor said...

I love this - it is so fragile and delicate...I didn't know you could get this kind of results from Inktense pencils. This is beautiful.chlessi

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