I recently met up with my Art Peeps (local artist friends) for sketching at Tohono Chul, a local Sonoran Desert park. Tohono Chul has beautiful wildflower displays and I especially enjoyed seeing the contrasting colors and textures of these Mexican Poppies, Desert Blue Bells and Fencepost Cacti.
While at Tohono Chul I got my initial pencil sketch and most of my pen work completed; then added the rest of the pen and watercolor later in my studio. In the photo below you can see the pencil sketches I made at the top of my sketchbook page, as I explored ways to draw the poppies as simply as possible. 🙂
Spring is an especially beautiful and colorful season here in the Sonoran Desert, and a few years ago I created this Sonoran Desert Spring Color Wheel.
I hope you’re enjoying the many colors of the season (Spring/Fall) no matter which hemisphere you live in! 🌎🌏 And speaking of the Southern Hemisphere…
🇳🇿 Overseas Adventure Travel Article Features My Art!
Overseas Adventure Travel just posted an article about my New Zealand Visual Trip Journal—my daily art + text journal of my 24-day trip to beautiful New Zealand. This is the second time they’ve featured my work on their website! 🤩
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The colour wheel of local plants was a great idea. Congratulations on the New Zealand article. I tried the link in the newsletter but it didn't seem to work for me.
A big congratulations, Paula, for a second posting of your NZ journal in Overseas Adventure Travel. It was a treat to revisit it, too. I used the link in your reply to Raymond--hi there, Raymond!
And the postings that have included "how to", or "how I do this" detailing is always an intriguing look at elements you bring together.