Let's compare my trees from my school days to one I did a few years ago while on a course in Crete with the wonderful Hazel Soan. She demonstrated the sponge method for the tree. Well actually she stopped the coach and we all followed her into the field!!!! Artists can go anywhere I thought ................... Well it's rather spooky don't you think, they are look very similar!!! And which one do you think is my latest?
I would love to know if anyone else has old school paintings or memories of painting when they were young.
beautiful tree from you w/s polly ... like the B/W one too :)
ReplyDeleteInterestingj to compare. The olive tree was sold but I want it back!
Deletetop left has to be the most recent - I have looked through my old school drawings and will try and get some on my blog for you to see soon!
ReplyDeleteHow did you guess. Will look forward to seeing some of your work too.
DeleteI saved some drawings, because they remind me of my youth.
ReplyDeleteFor unexplained reasons my daughter is very keen and I often ask
if I kept them for confirmation. I must say that...I saved drawings of my daughter and soon my granddaughters will appreciate the artwork of the mother when she was a child.I sent to you on facebook a link to a post on the subject.I hope you like it.Rita.
I liked it very much, thank you Rita.
DeleteHi Polly. I think I have some old sketches from high school...but I'd have to move lots of boxes to get to them. Maybe I'll do that one day, because it is absolutely fun to see the differences. There are even huge differences from one (more recent) year to another. Some of my art friends and I have discussed that. Often we go back just a year or so and say...wow, that is awful..or wow that was good. I had to laugh a little about how you "all followed her into the field"....we paint outside all the time. Great tree paintings. As you wrote in your profile, art is a wonderful adventure.
ReplyDeleteThat is how I found mine, the cupboards were so full I had to do something so threw away a lot of bad paintings and found my old tattered folder. Was nice because I remembered some of the people I had drawn and it brought back some good memories. One day this will happen to you. You are lucky to be able to paint en plein air, with our climate and rain the opportunities are perhaps a few days each summer unless I go abroad.
DeleteWhich good idea to compare the drawings of your youth and those from now . I like very much the tree in petit points.
ReplyDeleteHow lucky you are to work with Hazel Soan. I discovered this artist with a professor coming from South Africa and I adore are work.
Continue to paint. Friendship.
Yes, I know how lucky I am. I have all her books and DVDs. She is my favourite artists. Thank you for your visit
DeleteHi, Polly, thank u for sharing wonderful drawings and a lovely post. I like your old work, too. They tell me stories well as well as the today's work.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have school drawings. Hahaha, fearless?! Sadami loved drawing before kindy.
Enjoy drawing!!
Thank u for warm cheers for me.
Best wishes, Sadami
Just visited your blog and you do lovely work. Thank you for visiting mine!
ReplyDeleteWell, I finally found you !! isn't it fun to go back and look at old works?
ReplyDeleteI have one that I did when I was 6 years old.. a policeman with his arms sticking out of his neck !!!!
Thanks for your visits... BJ
gOSH YOU have been looking back at my work. Thank you for taking the time. Poor policeman! Hope he is better now ha ha
DeleteBy the way I've stop using this blog and now use http://pollyswatercolours.blogspot.com
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