I can't afford to buy a lot of flowers every year so I always buy perennials. I would love to find one of these perennial crescent moon flowers for my little plot!
I painted this Harvesting the Night Garden print yesterday. I am part of a new super exciting group of artists and we are giving ourselves a prompt to illustrate each month. July is "summer garden." I'm also going to finish the daytime companion to this print next-you can see that drawing a few posts below. Pretty soon we are going to debut our new children's illustration site and I'll get to introduce you to the other artists. I can't wait!
I took some photos of the different layers of watercolor as I painted them on the night sky. The progression is kind of interesting to see.
Jill, what a magical post! The idea of a night garden occupies a special place in my heart as it was a sort of lullaby I created for myself about as far back as I can remember! One of the delights of growing up is the surprise of finding that other people have dreamt of these things too. It's also fascinating to watch night falling on your gardener!
ReplyDeleteFantastic work Jill, as usual! Very inspiring :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear about your new group and site!
Lovely concept !
ReplyDeleteHey there Jill! We used to be in a crit group together! Good to see ya! What a great picture :) Love it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks you guys!
ReplyDeleteAnna- do you still remember your lullaby? It sounds so interesting!
Alex- Hopefully I'll get to announce the new group soon.
Hi Shannon- I hope you are doing well! Thanks for visiting. :)
What a gem! Thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteWhat a magical treat for the eyes! :)
ReplyDeleteI love printmaking too. Your's is beautiful
ReplyDeleteReally rich image, It has an ethereal feeling! Also liked looking at your illustrations on your website
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