This past two months I have moved from outside in the garden drawing each morning to inside the house. The little book I use gets a new sketch each morning after my journal pages are written. There is a great variation in my concentration and energies for drawing from one morning to the next but in the end it is always worth 5-30 minutes to do a sketch.
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| Early in the series, I gave up drawing after only two, out of three orchids. |
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| Chartreuse and white lady slippers orchids in the studio. |
Drawing first thing in the morning makes me more aware of my state of mind each day. Eventually by creating a new sketch each day the books fill up faster. In winter my subjects tend to be piles of things in the studio or living rooms. The best of all subjects are the cut flowers and bowls of fruits.
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| Sometimes one orchid was enough effort to draw. |
This is a cut flower I haven't had before, the exotic chartreuse green and white lady slipper orchids
(Cypripedioidea) Keith brought them home Nov. 5th and still today, Dec. 4th they are looking good. Only one has turned from chartreuse green to a mellow lemon yellow but since they are cut flowers it's amazing how long they have lasted. Let me take this as a chance to give a sincere thank you to the man who brings me flowers and tends our garden so well!
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| This angle is my favorite composition. |
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