I’ve been admiring the Dancing Goat (Batdorf and Bronson) garden since sketching inside the roastery in the winter, and waiting to sketch the spring and summer beauty. The lilly pond with its bouquet of subtle shapes and pastels attached to dark orange stems called up an image of hot air balloons rising up in celebration!
and the long grasses arching over the water, blowing in the breeze like prayer flags. . .
It takes mere moments to get the memory down in a sketchbook/nature journal, including only the details that most capture attention.
And then throw in some insect life at the end to tell a bit more of the nature story, that warm, buzzy, prickly summer feel!
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The pinks and yellows are magnificent together!! Lovely work as always.
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