Well, apparently we've made the record books with the unseasonably cold April we had. They're predicting temperatures to be hovering around 20 degrees for Monday andTuesday which will be absolutely wonderful. Because of the cooler temperatures, we chose to abandon our plan to go to LaBarriere Park and go back to the Assiniboine Park Conservatory.
We had less time today so I chose to do some "quasi contour" drawings of flowers. I say quasi contour, because in contour drawing you are supposed to keep your pen on the paper and do a continuous drawing. I did lift my pen at times but they had the spirit of contour drawing in that I do drew long continuous lines. I'm not one who would generally gravitate towards doing paintings of flowers, but it's a lot of fun to draw them ... the fluid and graceful lines of the stems and leaves and sometimes chaotic jumble is very appealing and of course the colors are bright and vivid!
I particularly like the daffodils as they make me think of young children happy and smiling. The tulips are also good subjects particularly when you can draw them at their different stages; from the tight, smooth buds to the overblown look they have when they are almost finished their bloom. Today, the staff were pulling a number of the tulip pots and throwing them into a garbage can. Even in the garbage can, they were lovely. Unfortunately, they don't have the space to keep them so out they go into a compost heap somewhere.
I look forward to the prospect of improved weather as I expect it will finally be time to get out my plein air painting gear and my oil paints. If I don't get out and get some practice in, I will feel somewhat awkward at my summer workshop.
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| A quick ink/watercolor sketch |
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| Their time is over! |
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Happy faces of the daffodils |
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