This is yet another vase of plastic flowers from our landlady’s apartment. I think there may even be one more somewhere. Real flowers are nice of course, but the plastic or silk ones are still fun to draw.
Thu-11-May-2023
73-2378 – Blue flowers
Flowers
73-2376 – Plastic flowers
Here is another sketch of some of the many vases of plastic flowers that our landlady has around our apartment. These ones are probably actually some kind of silk and they are that really-difficult-to-paint pale yellow colour.
Mon-8-May-2023
70-2307 – Valentine daisies
I have been meaning to sketch the flowers I bought for my wife for Valentine’s Day for a while – luckily they are still alive. For a change I painted the background first and then sketched in the flowers using Posca pens.
Sun-18-Feb-2023
69-2284 – Flowers
I tried something different for this sketch. I started with my new watercolour marker pens, splashed on a bit of water, drew a few lines with some watercolour pencils and finished off with some ink. These were flowers my wife brought back from attending a wedding the other day – and I can’t resist sketching flowers.
Wed-18-Jan-2023
2010 – Mother’s Day flowers
Our lovely daughters had some flowers delivered to my wife last Sunday. I just caught them in time with this sketch, because as I write this they are starting to wilt – even the lovely sunflower.
Tue-29-March-2022
1906 – Encouragement
This is a very quick sketch of some flowers I bought for my wife last week, when she needed a little boost of her spirits. The pink flowers are carnations I think. The little flowers are mean to be tiny daisies and were tricky to draw.
Sun-14-Nov-2021
1669 – Happy Mother’s Day
Our sweet daughters were kind enough to send this bunch of flowers to my wife last Sunday, so the next day I sketched them. The flowers were for UK Mother’s Day…the Philippines has another Mother’s Day which I think follows the US date…so my wife get’s two celebrations each year. I think there is only one international Father’s Day though….dang!
Mon-15-Mar-2021
1648 – White roses
Most years I buy flowers for my wife on Valentine’s Day – we bought these together in Baguio and brought them home. I had to sketch them before they died. They were difficult to paint too as they were white, with just a hint of pale green/yellow.
Mon-15-Feb-2021
1420 – A rose
The #Melogallery #HomeboundSketching prompt for 15th May was “flowers”. As I am restricted to sketching in the evening (I am lucky to have work during the day) I couldn’t draw any real plants, so instead sketched this silk rose, which I think one of our daughters bought one Valentine’s Day years ago. The brown vase is another relic – an odd shaped piece of pottery I picked up from the venue where I did life drawing during my university years.
Tues-19-May-2020