I've been having lot of fun lately drawing tulips from photographs (on the web)--the shading and sheen and texture of the petals is really neat.

I prefer, in general, the challenge of drawing from life rather than from photographs. Photography has already done the work of taking the three-dimensional thing and flattening it to two-dimensions, which makes it much easier but less satisfying, in a way.

So I got a bunch of tulips when we were grocery shopping to use as life-models. I'm also going to take a bunch of pictures of them in different lighting to use as reference photos later. (So you'll probably see these tulips again. And maybe others--I want to get one of the stripedy Rembrandt tulips and one of the ruffeldy Parrot tulips too.) I also want to take more on the big camera--this was sort of impromptu with the camera I could reach last night (the point-n-shoot).

Oh, your drawing is very nice. (Have you sketched the ball & glove ?) Enjoy your lovely tulips...take a few for your desk at work! Keryl · 2012-04-22: 21:36

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