Colorful explosion
I bought a bouquet of flowers from Volcano this weekend ... a massive bunch of assorted dahlias. These are a few. Whenever I look at these, I can't help but smile. Ever notice that flowers have a way of making a blue-y kinda of day a very bright one? I believe they're God's aspirin!
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8 comments:
God's aspirin! I hear ya.
Beautiful drawing. Did you just draw it in pen? I am intimidated by the thought of drawing a flower... not my forte i believe :-)
Now THAT's colour!
Flowers are amazingly powerful things! Two weeks ago, I sent my wife flowers at her job, for no reason, "just because." Suddenly, from 3 towns away, I had managed to make a whole office full of women I had never met, jealous of her! :o
God's aspirin - i'm filing that one away - perfect!
the color is what grabbed me when your page came up - just gorgeous. i love the drawing but the addition of color is wonderful. it would've been a lovely drawing in pen alone- but now it's alive.
i hope you didn't need the aspirin :-)
i definitely got a lift just lookin at this - hope you did by creating it!
Oh, Joan! That is so weird...when you asked me last night what my favorite flowers are, I was going to tell you that my mom grew assorted Dahlias in her garden. There were always such beautiful end-of-summer bouquets to be picked in her yard. I have a photo of myself picking a bouquet from her garden in early October, just 2 weeks after she passed away in '97. I knew that would be the last bouquet I'd ever pick from her garden. Your paintng made me feel happy again. Dahlias are such hardy, homey, vibrant flowers. I am glad you bought some for yourself. And even more glad you decided to paint them and share your bouquet with all of us.
God's aspirin! That's a great expression. I'm going to remember that for sure.
Your flowers are beautiful - an explosion of color for sure. Like summer fireworks in the middle of fall. Very nice.
Joan, you are way past "delving" into ink and watercolor! The dahlias are so alive! I wanted to touch the petals because I was sure that they would feel as firm and velvety as your painting. Wow, again!
Hey France - Yup, I've been doing everything freehand. One thing nice about flowers is they're forgiving. You can add a petal for balance if you mess up ... can't an extra eye with portraits.
Ryan ... thanks bud. Your wife is one lucky woman indeed! :)
D ... Moons are good too! They remind us that we are halfway to another day. Ugh, too pukie and sappy?
Tracy ... Yup, flowers perked me up in a way that I didn't need aspirin!
Kate ... I'm glad we share wonderful memories of dahlias and our moms.
Juj ... summer fireworks ... I like! :)
Frankye ... Wow, thanks for the encouragement! Means a lot! :)
Gorgeous! Whenever I feel like spoiling myself the first thing I head for is flowers. These are so vibrant and full of life.
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