Few new sketches, most inspired by the fall colours other than yellow, orange and red. Although all those colours are amazing and breathtaking right now, there is so many other colours that fall offers and I haven't seen many using them in their paintings or fall pictures... And if you know me (like my dear friend Renee knows too well, we walk a lot together with our dogs), I love to stop all the time, inspect and check out everything, and take pictures and pick a few samples to take home.
The colours I want to show you, is different pinks and purples that I found... And I find beauty even in the molded and dried out seed pods and bark, those rich browns and greys, all with small hints of colour. Like this Magnolia seed pod, I couldn't believe my lucky stars for finding them and yes, it takes something simple as this to make my heart skip in excitement.
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Seed pod from Magnolia tripetala, Magnolia Parasol
Ink & water colour |
Then these leaves, beautiful all from soft powder pink to hot pink, and I don't know if you can see but they have these tinny pink seed pods that look like little stars, and they are pink on the outside but the inside holds a bright orange seed.
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Seed pods and leaves
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Then this plant that I have no idea of what its called, but I know it has a label of being a weed and it does grow like one too. In the summer months it has a bright purple flower with a yellow center, and then in the fall it has bright red berries and purple leaves. And the little parts that hold the berries, are just too cute after the berries fall off, almost like new flowers with being purple with an orange center.
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Purple leaf (plant unknown)
Ink & water colour |
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Berries (plant unknown)
Ink & water colour |
Here is one photograph I too out yesterday, we took advantage of the good weather as we knew for the next few days it will be raining and grey out and that will mean most leaves will fall off. Okay, I know its not pink or purple... I have never seen a oak tree having its leaves turn orange and red, and I just love the contrast of the tree against the bright blue sky.
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| Oak tree in Fall |
And for my last picture, its of my dear son Alex whom I'm so proud of. Yesterday evening I had the honour to watch him do his last parade with the Air cadets, see my baby is turning 19 (wow, 19, how is that possible??? I just turned 25, lol) and now he is too old for the cadets. The cadets have been absolutely fantastic for him and he loved it, learned to play the bagpipes (made me tear up last night when I heard him play) and now he is trying out for the Reserves piper team...
So proud of you Alex, Happy Birthday son!  |
| Alexander at his last Cadet parade |
I hope all of you are having a wonderful fall/spring so far. Enjoy the colours around you, even if its only a small tinny spec or blob.
Cheers,
Mari
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