I wasn’t satisfied with the gargoyle sketch 2 posts ago and even leaving it to the art fairy didn’t help. In fact the more I looked at it, the worse it got. So today I decided to redo it. I am still not in heaven about the sketch, but at least it is a bit better and I am tired of that spot in the garden. I suppose you can’t win all the time.And now I have to move on.
Gargoyle fountain
watercolour and dip pen with black ink in daler rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7cm
I sat myself in the same spot outside on the terrace as yesterday and did 2 more sketches . I have now almost made a complete 360 degrees turn and sketched what I saw in front of me. This time I faced the house and sketched one of the two comfy chairs under the kitchen window on the terrace. The chandelier hanging under the grapevine was next with the crystals catching the sunlight and flashing in all the colours..I can’t do it justice, but I remember it.
comfy chair on the terrace
watercolor and nib pen with blck ink in Daler rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7cm
Chandelier hanging under grapevine
watercolor and nib pen with blck ink in Daler rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7cm
I sat out in the garden today and turned my chair 180 degrees to get to 4 sketches. My anduze pot with a young cycad , then the apple tree behind a table, the gagoile fountain next to a potted lemon tree and lastly the old barn door with a lost sunflower beside it. All 4 sketches are somewhat wonky: the cycad in the first sketch is really terrible and the gargoyle is yotally off scale and askew…in reality the gargoyle is beautiuful, orignating from the 13th centurychateau de Chauvigny and it was a birthday giort from mon chéri many years ago.
..anduze pot with a young cycad..
watercolor and pentel brush pen in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7 cm
..apple tree and table with terracotta pot..
watercolor and pentel brush pen in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7 cm
..gargoyle fountain beside a potted lemon tree against a stone wall..
watercolor and dip pen with black ink in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7 cm
..old barn door with wilted sunflower..
watercolor and dip pen with black ink in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7 cm
à bientôt
Ronell
I love the big summer Shasta daisies…they provide the most beautiful splotches of white colour in the garden, especially in the evenings.
shasta daisies
watertcolour and nib pen in Daler rowney sketchook, 21×29.7cm
I received a lovely bouquet of flowers from our neighbors this past weekend…Gerbera daises, Gypsophillas, and dark red cockscombs.
..bouquet de fleurs..
watertcolour and pentel brushpebn in Daler rowney sketchook, 21×29.7cm
I can read anywhere and I have too many favorite spots to name. It can be outside or on the couch, or in a cafe, in a movie, when people bore me or when I feel boring to others .. But, if you want me in la-la land, give me a book in bed. We don’t have a television in the bedroom. Or a radio, or any other kind of electromagnetic/electronic/ultrasonic/robotic appliance. And I can’t read in my bed. My bedroom is romantic and beautiful to be in.. My bed is beautiful to sleep in. And a book only makes me a sleeping beauty.
…my bed, not my favorite spot to read..
nib pen and ink with wash in S&B sketchbook, 22.9X15.2 cm
We have more measuring tools in our home than we have food. Fascinating stuff..all these rulers, square edges, the laser beams, the ultrasonic beams, I even have tiny pocket tapes for a handbag. An unending array of measuring tools, never to be found when needed
..measuring tools..
dip pen and Sennelier ink in S&B sketchbook, 14X21.6 cm
Lipstick. What does your lipstick, or lip balm say about you. Our good friend, Google, says the following:
..5 lipsticks for 5 personalities..
dip pen and Sennelier ink in S&B sketchbook, 14X21.6 cm
à demain
Ronelle
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