This week my week was frittered away with spring cleaning and gardening, it is amazing how the bright sunshine shows the grime and dust, so I have been shamed into putting my rubber gloves on and getting down and dirty! We have had rain and warmth at last and the garden has responded by bursting into growth, at least the weeds have. I spent an hour doubled over a flower bed and filled a wheelbarrow with weeds – how come they are so much quicker off the mark than the flowers I really want. Mind you some of the weeds are beautiful, I just love Herb Robert and always leave a few plants to flower and seed around the place. I just love self seeded plants, I try and be a low impact gardener, hence my garden is always a little shaggy around the edges. I was due to go to London to see an exhibition of coloured pencil drawings but my train was cancelled due to a ‘fatality’ further down the line, some poor soul could not cope any more, it made me sad to think that this person had no other option and I felt for the poor train driver too – so sad.
126 Cerinthe
127 Corner of Bedroom
128 View into bedroom and down the stairs
129 Clematis
130 Clematis leaf
131-2 Standing woman
131-3 Woman Seated
131-1 Standing woman
132 Bit of Beam
Oh, a peek into your fabulous cottage how fabulous and I am so impressed on how your work gets better every week. Enjoy your spring! Karen
You are too kind Karen, but thank you. It has been fun to draw the house, I am so familiar with it that I don’t often ‘see’ it (I just clean it!)
Ugh! Spring cleaning! I should have been doing it but I’ve been unwell and have it all to come still. Oh for a magic fairy!
Your botanical drawings are glorious! I also love the sketches of your old cottage and your human form sketches are really good too.
Being unwell is a really good reason for not doing housework but make sure you are better before you start. Thank you for your comments about my drawing, I really think that regular practice, even if only for a few minutes a day, has improved my skills. Sue
Thank-you Sue! The old saw is right; practise makes perfect.
I love the interiors, Sue, they have a real charm to them and can go with you to the new abode. And the firmness of the line on a couple of the plants is a departure. Gosh, and the standing woman is really standing, I can see her connection to the earth.
Oh yes, love your house–reminds me a bit of sketches Beatrix Potter did of her home.
I’ve got to tackle rooms and angles and such one of these days. It’s encouraging to see how much your practice has made it easier for you to sketch rooms and furniture. Nice!
I think my house is so wobbly and wonky that you wouldn’t even know how accurate the drawing is – ha ha! Sue