Ivy through the window
A few work in progress scans of my current drawing. This time it’s the lower half of the dining room window, with the flowering ivy. If you look closely, there are some honey bees, huge numbers of which come every year to feed on the flowers. If you click the thumbnails you can see close-ups of the drawing.
And here are a few other views and a close-up on the right in which you can see the stipping, and probably also the bees:
Go here to see earlier posts about this drawing, and here to read more about my drawing technique, and stippling and here to read about the Rotring Rapidograph pens I use.
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Your amazing planning, and patience in draughtsmanship, once more brings to life those lovely, small moments which most of us may miss, and probably do. That is, indeed, ivy; though few but the gardener or horticulturalist might know; your technique for dealing with light here is especially interesting, and wholly involving. As may be supposed, I like these!
Richard Burton
19 May 10 at 10:34 pm
Hello Ricky Bee! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a lovely and thoughtful comment, I really appreciate it.
Christine
20 May 10 at 10:24 am
Very good. I like the progression and the close up you show. You are very good. Stan
Stanton Ryals
20 May 10 at 3:21 pm
Hello Stan, thanks very much for commenting, I’m glad you like it.
Christine
20 May 10 at 4:23 pm