Monday, April 27, 2009

Tulips at Windmill Gardens, Sumner, WA


The afternoon was just perfect for painting... a cool breeze, not too windy, birds chirping, partly cloudy with intermitten sun breaks to expose those illusive shadows that were playing hide and seek with me.

To be honest I spent more time taking photograph than painting. There were a couple of weddings in the garden so I tried to stay out of the way and off the beaten path.

This is one of the little sketches I painted while I was at Windmill Gardens.

It's in a 7x10 sketchbook filled with 140# CP paper. No drawing for this little treasure, just painted free handed with my Niji water barrel brushes.

1 comment:

Cindi said...

these are sketches really fun.. will go check out these cute little barrel thingys... better than taking the whole kitchen sink and watercolor supplies.. thanks for the heads up!!