it just never knows where it's going next and this is the result

Luckily, when the text came in from Stockholm this morning, about a transoceanic FaceTime SketchTime session, I was almost done making my purchases at the farmers market.   It has been a few weeks since I did any drawing so I was glad for the invite from my sister . 

This bunch of flowers turned out to be an excellent subject for sketching. 

No need for perfection.  Pick up the pen, pick a flower, and just start.  You may have noticed I tend to have a very wavery line when I sketch.  It's not that my hand shakes, it just never knows where it's going next and this is the result.  

During our session today, among other things, we discussed selecting the front seat on the bus for maximum viewing when traveling in a foreign country, the exceptional cuteness of handmade mouse dolls who sleep in matchboxes covered with knitted blankets, and the pleasure of drinking coffee from pretty cups while staring out the windows into the Swedish evening light. 

Before I knew it, it was time to sign off.  I am not going to try and paint these flowers.  I like them just like they are.  

Comments

[Joan]

Well done! Love the color of the flowers. Your sketch is right on the money. And what did sister sketch today? Loved her photos on her blog today.

While I was shopping at Whole Foods today (we've gone vegan after reading the book Forks over Knives and watching the DVD I got at the library. There's also a website bearing the same name) I picked up a beautiful succulent that I have no idea what species it is. It looks like a bunch of swollen pine needles, all very close together. There were several more varieties but I restrained myself with just one.

I'm taking Roz Stendhal's class on drawing animals and people in public. I'm excited to get gesture drawing down pat then moving on to contours. It's 30 days, 2 classes a week, homework of at least 30 mins per day. I love learning new stuff.

[Janet]

Excellent drawing--I like the wavy line look--and flowers aren't as easy as some might think!!

[barbara]

I like the flowers just as they are too. Very striking in black & white.

I've really been enjoying my stroll through Sweden with Mary Ann. It's almost like actually being there. Aren't those mousies cute?

[Chris Oliveira]

Me too!

[Linda Watson]

Mine have that wavery line also. I suspect it's the same reason as yours, although I've also thought of a film I saw once about fractals and the coast of England. How it looks irregular from a distance, but even when you get to the part that looks straight, it's still irregular. I like "wavery" better than "irregular."