Hydrangeas Work in Progress

Woo! What did I get myself into? I love hydrangeas and now that they have changed to their fall colors, I snuck back over to my neighbors yard and cut some to draw.

I'm posting the work in progress because they just take so long to draw! I'll be shifting the values on some of the groups - darkening some and lightening others after I get all the bunches in and can see how they affect each other.

Bagged Lunch

Bagged Lunch 8" x 10"

Some of you may know my obsession with drawing paper and paper bags. This is a new simple take on the subject I've done quite a few times. I usually focus in on all the folds and wrinkles on the bag, but this time I simplified those details and tried to lose more edges that usual; still keeping the crispness at the fold on the top right part of the bag. It was fun, but I miss the light hitting the crumples.

It is FINALLY feeling like fall here in New Hampshire. This has been a really strange October with so many dry days in the high 80's. I really need my fall fix before it gets really cold. Plus if it goes right from 88 to 32, how will I remember to get the snow blower fixed before the first snow? I can't go another winter hand shoveling like last year! Well it does feel like fall, so I better get that snow blower in. Here's the view from my bedroom of a gloriously cool, wet fall New Hampshire day. Now don't go telling on me for inviting you all in my bedroom!

the White Pumpkin

11" x 14"

More fall! Even though the weather has been unseasonably warm and dry, I am not giving up my autumn!

Chinese Lanterns
11" x 14"

These are chinese lanterns. The flower shop in downtown Keene had loads of them hanging on a horizontal pole out on Main Street which gave such an eerie feel. They are dried and papery and inside of some you can see the fruit berry - unfortunately you can't see them from the angle I am showing.

I hope to use these again in another still-life - since they are dried, they should last if noone in the house crumples them!

Applesauce

Today's effort, which is 11" x 14". There is one apple that isn't the same type as the others - can you guess which one? The majority are gala apples.