The first is of what the same garden looks like in Spring - sketched in the middle of April this year.
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| Cosmo and the white cat - in A Cheshire Garden in Spring 11.5" x 17", coloured pencils and pen and ink in Large Moleskine Sketchbook copyright Katherine Tyrrell |
My cats as usual stake out their territory early on. However Cosmo was rather nonplussed by a white cat who came in the garden and sat down. Should he chase him off or make friends? He just sat there and dithered - he's such a woos!
This second sketch is about the plants I bought to go in her front garden which needed a bit of a makeover. They're all lined up below in the shade waiting to be planted.
I can never remember names - but I do know that there is now a very nice acer now sitting in a pot in the middle of the garden plus there are three David Austin Roses, some iris, a euphorbia and a cornus. Lots of acid yellow green and red stems and pale yellow/cream/peachy blooms! Plus some blue greens. They do say that every green always goes with every other green!
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| New plants for the front garden 11" x 16", pen and sepia ink in Large Moleskine Sketchbook copyright Katherine Tyrrell |
Lovely sketches Katherine. I always like to have a wide variety of greens in my garden, it has a cooling affect on my psyche in the scorching heat of a Texas summer.
ReplyDeleteOne question unrelated to art, how do you manage to get your cats to travel to go visiting gardens? We won't even discuss how mine behaves in a car, suffice it to say that I have a traveling vet who comes to my house.
Oh, gorgeous, Katherine. Lovely color and great greens. And cats, besides--so cozy...
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Delightful drawing of Cosmo and the white cat - more Cosmo adventures please.
ReplyDeleteI had to smile at the beautiful drawing of the new plants - a bit of self-interest was it? Anyway sounds like you had a wonderful visit with your mother and I always look forward to the glimpses you give us of her beautiful garden.
It didn't feel in the least bit like self-interest when I was digging all the holes to get them planted. ;) My mother's garden is full of clay which is robust you could take it out of the ground and start making pots out of it! Plus there were a few roots to negotiate!
ReplyDeleteI hope you realise this display of gardening talent means I will be leaning on the shovel chatting while you get down and get dirty in Provence. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful vibrant colours. Being Cheshire born and bred, it made me feel a little nostalgic and homesick! Yes indeed, the clay is excellent when you're little and making your own pots but not much fun when you're gardening!
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