tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post5000512090426886190..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.732+00:00Comments on Travels with a Sketchbook in...: The Long Border at Great DixterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-88032624433955082192008-07-29T14:39:00.000+01:002008-07-29T14:39:00.000+01:00Thanks Judy - this particular border has been goin...Thanks Judy - this particular border has been going a few years so I think they've worked out a number of planting patterns which work - which I guess makes the work a little bit easier.<BR/><BR/>I can highly recommend Christopher Lloyd's books - they're a really good read and very valuable for people interested in planting combinations.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-19242049463586236422008-07-29T14:30:00.000+01:002008-07-29T14:30:00.000+01:00Very beautiful sketch! You have rendered it reall...Very beautiful sketch! You have rendered it really well without killing the spontaneity of it with too much fussy and unnecessary detail! Love it. This is the sort of border that I'm attempting to achieve in Bluffton, South Carolina. It's very hot here so it's a real challenge, but it's made progress. (I just started on it in April, so I guess I shouldn't be hard on myself!)Judy Stineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02309921155643443909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-11822688653555830462008-07-29T00:33:00.000+01:002008-07-29T00:33:00.000+01:00Thanks Mary - it doesn't take too long. I hatch ve...Thanks Mary - it doesn't take too long. I hatch very fast as anybody who has seen me sketch will testify!<BR/><BR/>The brightness is entirely down to the wonderful garden at Great Dixter - it's even more colourful in reality.<BR/><BR/>Robyn - I hooted! We sketchers have never been known to let a good perch go to waste!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-61717135450133213612008-07-28T18:23:00.000+01:002008-07-28T18:23:00.000+01:00You should be thrilled with the way this one turne...You should be thrilled with the way this one turned out, Katherine. It's beautiful and the electric eraser works magic for you.<BR/><BR/>I did have a chuckle about your dash for the seat. I was lurking near one myself the other day, menacing two old ladies who were having the sort of very long chat, Italian ladies do. As they finally got up they must have felt the breeze as I slid in behind them.Robyn Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663604160297996421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30461696.post-2353493727540636192008-07-28T15:42:00.000+01:002008-07-28T15:42:00.000+01:00Hi Katherine,I love your use of color here, a bit ...Hi Katherine,<BR/>I love your use of color here, a bit brighter than some of the sketches I've seen you do. Looks great, lots of movement in your pencil strokes. It must have taken a bit of time biulding up the strokes in Color Pencil? <BR/>thanks for posting such great information,<BR/>MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com