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graphite tulip

January 24th, 2006 | Category: Graphite

Well, I’m feeling a lot better, although I still have a stuffed up nose and an itchy cough. I sketched one of the tulips again yesterday, this time in graphite. They are really so beautiful that I can’t resist drawing them. Too bad I have to work all day today or else I would be drawing them again.

4 Comments so far

  1. Jeet January 24th, 2006 10:51 am

    Beautiful sketch of a beautiful flower!
    Here’s a poem by James Montgomery, Scottish poet and journalist, who shared your thoughts on the beauty of tulips:
    Two shapely leaves will first unfold;

    Then, on a smooth, elastic stem,
    The verdant bud shall turn to gold,
    And open in a diadem.
    Not one of Flora’s brilliant race
    A form more perfect can display;
    Art could not feign more simple grace,
    Nor Nature take a line away.
    Yet, rich as morn, of many a hue,
    When flushing clouds through darkness strike,
    The Tulip’s petals shine in dew,
    All beautiful, but none alike.

  2. Lin January 24th, 2006 6:10 pm

    GORGEOUS I wish I could shade and sketch that well when I am feeling good!

  3. Terri January 24th, 2006 6:56 pm

    You do such lovely work, particularly in graphite. I’m amazed that the tulips have stayed in bud form for so long. If ever I buy them, they open far too quickly. I don’t blame you using them for drawing inspiration – they are gorgeous flowers.

  4. koukla January 24th, 2006 7:41 pm

    thank you everyone! Graphite really is one of my favorite mediums. It’s simple and easy and nice to work with.

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