tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post734756966647398160..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.732+00:00Comments on Travels with a Sketchbook in...: The Rill Garden at Wollerton Old HallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-10091821068451804322007-04-25T18:28:00.000+01:002007-04-25T18:28:00.000+01:00Thanks for the very helpful tips, Katherine. Love...Thanks for the very helpful tips, Katherine. Lovely sketch too. I'm looking forward to seeing the Yorkshire sketches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-13974654815844369402007-04-25T13:49:00.000+01:002007-04-25T13:49:00.000+01:00Your stuff is always good Katherine, but this is s...Your stuff is always good Katherine, but this is simply stunning. Thanks for sharing the insight into how you achieved it! Excellent work!Rose Weltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00313411909909580181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-12844642052913614912007-04-25T10:41:00.000+01:002007-04-25T10:41:00.000+01:00And I've just remembered - the other things which ...And I've just remembered - the other things which made a difference was 'bottom edges' - an apparently small thing (ie we're talking sliver of darkness) but this made all the difference to those box puddings. Really grounded them and made them real.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-77225809585987334782007-04-25T10:38:00.000+01:002007-04-25T10:38:00.000+01:00Thanks Laura. I find that all that green can be q...Thanks Laura. I find that all that green can be quite disconcerting until you start to push the colours slightly - finding the blues and the yellows and even the reds. <BR/><BR/>The other big thing which always helps me with any subject is working out what are the relative values of the different shapes. This was very much the focus of the early part of this sketch and I didn't layer in much colour until I'd got that worked out (along with the perspective of course!)<BR/><BR/>I also keep mixing colours but making that obvious so that I never have a flat colour - which just seems to deaden any sketch - unless it's intended to be flat of course!<BR/><BR/>Most of the above are all things which you are so good at doing with your watercolours so I suspect it's just that initial notion of looking for all the colours in the greens which will help you with sketching your own garden.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-35847313729090319012007-04-25T10:19:00.000+01:002007-04-25T10:19:00.000+01:00You did a magnificent job, Katherine! I've been tr...You did a magnificent job, Katherine! I've been trying to figure out how to sketch my garden in this way but I get very daunted by all that green and all those shapes seen at mid-distance. You've created a gorgeous tapestry of greens and shapes while creating a very strong sense of deep space. I'll try to use this example and see if I can't do something with mine.<BR/>(I hope this message finally posts---Google/Blogger has been rejecting my old ID for some reason.)Laurelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02050096410382276071noreply@blogger.com