Friday 9 March 2012

Bamboo

I've got a clump of bamboo in the garden; it's got lovely dark almost black stems. I took the secateurs to it to get a sample for sketching.

I don't know why I cut it off at the bottom..... I ended up with about 4 ft of stem!  I propped it against the coffee table to draw the joints, and annoyed DH who was trying to watch the TV and didn't appreciate the addition of a small jungle.

Below: a few pencil sketches for reference on leaf shape and the growth joints on the stems.

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5 comments:

  1. Laura Kemshall10 March 2012 at 18:11

    Hi Annabel, Your latest work is all looking lovely!

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  2. Annabel10 March 2012 at 20:50

    Thanks Laura, it's coming along!

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  3. Marie11 March 2012 at 08:36

    This all sounds very exciting, I admire your work on Bamboo, exquisite....

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  4. Annabel11 March 2012 at 08:44

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  5. Annabel11 March 2012 at 08:45

    Thanks Marie, this next one is going to be a bit different - I have to go out today which will stop play!! (such a pain being bought dinner and seeing good friends and family, celebrating, and having fun!!) I got the gold leaf out last night and enjoyed a good rummage in my stash searching for fabrics. I've worked a design out but need to experiment and see what happens when I use egg tempera on fabric (over the gold leaf) ...anybody ever tried it?

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