April 30th – the first of my one-a-day projects
Sketch of tulip, and then, since that only took 15 minutes, another sketch, this time the Euphorbia – too complex actually. Should have worn my glasses; stone was bloody cold to sit on, grass was wet. Next time use my little traveling stool. It’s like I have to start all over again, I’ve forgotten even the basics. Later I took some reference photos using a burgundy matte board as a background to fool my camera into focusing where it was supposed to. (These turned out well, but perhaps a charcoal background would have been more dramatic.)
my purple parrot tulip with burgundy matte board background