Saturday, June 26, 2010

Tulip Petal Study #1

I always buy tulips in the spring.  This year I got some that were variegated, sort of a mauve and white.  When they started to curl and die, I was attacted to the shapes, colors, and the veins in the papery thin petals. I thought it would be interesting to draw them, maybe put together some nice color combinations.  So I bought about every color of tulip available just to see how they looked when they dried. For a while there it was "tulip overload" at our house and I'm a little ashamed to say I couldn't wait till they were dead.

The variegated variety were the most interesting.  Tulip Petal Study #1, in colored pencil, is of a stunning red and yellow parrot tulip that dried beautifully. 

4 comments:

Jade said...

That is beautiful; I love the colors. It's almost feather-like.

Clovie Boy said...

Thank-you, Jade!

Barbara A. Freeman said...

Agreed, love the colors!

Clovie Boy said...

Thanks Barbara!