Bits and Pieces~

Between working on other projects I have been working on a sketchbook page of "bits and pieces" from my early autumn garden, field, and woods behind our home. It's been a relaxing project, both in the drawing and also in the gathering of pieces to draw. It's also great practice in observation and drawing skills. I hope to have 30 small drawings to fill the page when I'm finished.

The three I have completed so far are, a rose hip from a rugosa rose, Blanc Double de Coubert, balloon flower bud (Platycodon grandiflorus) and a pink pelargonium (geranium). All are drawn in colored pencil.

Pink Geraniums ~

I've always enjoyed this old-fashioned flower that stirs up memories from my childhood. One of my earliest memories is of my mom and grandma taking my younger brother and I to the local greenhouse. We each came home with a geranium - my brother's was red, mine was pink.

Last fall I brought several geraniums inside to overwinter in the house. It was nice to see something growing on my windowsills through the long, cold winter that we had this year. It will most likely soon be on the drawing board as a new botanical drawing. I'm in the mood for something pink!