Jersey

First of all, I want to thank everyone who left lovely comments on my last post, with the watercolor painting. Your remarks are very encouraging, and I'm sure I will be trying my hand at watercolor again in the future.

It's been hectic around here with the kids visiting for a week, and I've gotten a little behind in posting. I just realized that I'd never posted my drawing for this month's Virtual Paintout here. You've probably already seen it if you follow that community, or if you're friends with me on Google+, but I want to put it up here too for completeness' sake.

This month's location was the island of Jersey, about which I knew pretty much nothing. This made it interesting to virtually wander the roads and take in the bucolic landscapes. I nearly ended up choosing a scene featuring the wide open fields and trees, but in the end my attention was grabbed by a narrow road with houses lining it.

From 2011-07-18

It was a bit more challenging to draw than I'd considered. The many shades of brown and gray and the texture of the stones complicated things. Overall, though, I'm quite pleased with it. Drawn with my trusty Prismacolors.

Comments

[Nancy Tasker]

You certainly mastered the challenges with this - it's lovely! nancy

[Alex Tan]

Absolutely beautiful perspective! =)

[Sherry Massey]

I love this piece and this might be how I found your blog originally (though I'm not positive). It is lovely and reminds me of Gillian's work a bit. Beautiful!

[Cathy Holtom]

You did really well with this, it's not easy to draw or paint from Google street view!

[Saint Ursula]

Thank you very much, Nancy, Alex and Cathy! Sherry - I believe it was through the Virtual Paintout blog. I'm curious now, Gillian who?

[Vickiholdwick.blogspot.com]

I love this Ursula. I am striving to do this kind of scene even fractionally as well as you do.

Thank you so much for your lovely encouraging comments on my blog.

xoxo