Showing posts with label blooms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blooms. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Summer's Faded Beauty

Here is something I have been working on for a long time now. It is of a bloom from the Hydrangea bush in my garden. The photo was taken at the end of last summer when the flowers were past their best. I love the look of the blooms when the colour begins to fade to pale pinks, lilacs and the palest of greens and creams.
Size: 16"x12"
Medium: Karisma pencils with a dark indigo Polychromo pencil used in the shadows.
Support: Fabrianno Artistico HP 300gsm

Pencil on toned paper

Here are a couple of experiments using graphite pencil and white coloured pencil, plus a touch of white gel pen on grey paper. I am reasona...