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May is flower month in our garden and in public gardens around the area. I did this watercolor and Listo Marking pencil sketch in our backyard a few days ago and this morning I joined the Salem Sketchers at Egan Garden north of town. It’s a beautiful garden with large greenhouses full of wonderful potted and hanging plants. I did two sketches – one with brush pens and one with ballpoint pen.
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I worked standing up with the paper pad clipped to a small tripod. I used Arteza Real brush pens one color at a time on green colored card stock. After I finished, I found I still had some time left until we all gathered to share our sketches. So, I changed to white paper and walked around sketching red flowers using red, green, and black ballpoint pens until time ran out.
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Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media 9×12 paper, Zebra Clip-on Multi pen.
Jim
Lucy MacDonald says:
I remember Egon Gardens, but don’t remember going into the greenhouses. Saw lots of cut flowers today for sale for Mother’s Day, but nothing like the Spring flowers of .oregon. *sigh*
May 12, 2018 — 6:50 pm
Jim says:
Gotta’ love Springtime in Oregon, except for the allergies.
May 12, 2018 — 7:15 pm