- Henry Ward Beecher
Watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm - Maree©
A wet-on-wet exploration during one of my watercolour classes in April this year.
Shhh… germination in progress. Can you hear the swish of the brush, dipping, dipping into water, gathering colour from the palette? That's the process of planting flowers in my watercolour garden. *•.¸ðŸŒ¿¸.•*
Friday, July 2, 2010
Flowers so fine
"He must have an artist's eye for color and form, who can arrange a hundred flowers as tastefully, in any other way, as by strolling through a garden, and picking here one and there one, and adding them to the bouquet in the accidental order in which they chance to come. Thus we see every summer day the fair lady coming in from the breezy side hill with gorgeous colors and most witching effects. If only she could be changed to alabaster, was ever a finer show of flowers in so fine a vase? But instead of allowing the flowers to remain as they were gathered, they are laid upon the table, divided, rearranged on some principle of taste, I know not what, but never again have that charming naturalness and grace which they first had."
- Henry Ward Beecher
A wet-on-wet exploration during one of my watercolour classes in April this year.
- Henry Ward Beecher
A wet-on-wet exploration during one of my watercolour classes in April this year.
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How lovely Maree! I really like it!
ReplyDeleteSo very delicate, Maree. A gentle and quiet picture of understated elegance!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your enthusiasm Sandra, pleased you like it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for that lovely comment Marie, much appreciated!
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