tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post5227257511395701883..comments2024-03-07T11:07:25.660+00:00Comments on Botanical Sketches and Other Stories: Practice makes Perfectshevaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-53597969371363146762015-01-21T13:56:48.849+00:002015-01-21T13:56:48.849+00:00You're welcome, Linda. I'm pleased that yo...You're welcome, Linda. I'm pleased that you found it useful. Best of luck with it all!shevaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-61404760378049621092015-01-21T13:37:02.455+00:002015-01-21T13:37:02.455+00:00Thanks for directing me here to your page (Linda M...Thanks for directing me here to your page (Linda Martha in the Botanical Arts group here:). I think you hit on my problem here when you said rushing in and being impatient to finish. I am going to work on practicing with the squares and circles to see if that doens't get me on a postive curve:) Thanks again Shevaun-very helpful. linda marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201901762476827737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-59189041316441986632014-02-08T14:55:04.272+00:002014-02-08T14:55:04.272+00:00Thanks Carole. Cinnamon sticks make great subjects...Thanks Carole. Cinnamon sticks make great subjects...in fact anything that sits still, doesn't wilt and smells divine is a great subject. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.shevaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-3373920019804141792014-02-08T00:48:31.028+00:002014-02-08T00:48:31.028+00:00Beautiful work as usual and I agree with all the o...Beautiful work as usual and I agree with all the other comments. Ditto, ditto and more ditto!!! I never thought of drawing cinnamon sticks (what you call quills) ... will have to give them a try and will enjoy the fragrance while I paint them!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06549035130132866108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-5209611749812494862013-11-21T21:15:03.665+00:002013-11-21T21:15:03.665+00:00Thank you Maria! I enjoyed looking at your blog to...Thank you Maria! I enjoyed looking at your blog too! :)shevaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-55604908030335503632013-11-21T10:35:25.538+00:002013-11-21T10:35:25.538+00:00Shevaun your blog is very inspiring! Love your sty...Shevaun your blog is very inspiring! Love your style and the way you work. Your sketchbook pages are absolutely gorgeous, I don't get tired of looking at them.MagaMerlinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402254362520365411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-67655404986623621572013-11-18T11:37:37.977+00:002013-11-18T11:37:37.977+00:00What a really lovely comment! Thanks! That sketchb...What a really lovely comment! Thanks! That sketchbook paper is a real challenge! I did some of the studies on good paper and then stuck it into the sketchbook. It's just a matter of practice, I'm afraid... There's no shortcuts! Good luck with the course :) shevaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-10515892768675962232013-11-18T08:48:10.033+00:002013-11-18T08:48:10.033+00:00Beautiful work, as ever! Those dates... I also had...Beautiful work, as ever! Those dates... I also had great difficulty in seeing which was painted and which was real!<br />I think you have the skill to make even a painting on toiletpaper look fabulous:-)!<br />I remember going to the first seminar of the SBA course and looking at the sketchbooks. Yours was marvellous and we all started becoming very anxious- was this the standard we were supposedPappersdrakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07692685808141511067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-19537067464565077432013-11-17T15:27:47.935+00:002013-11-17T15:27:47.935+00:00Thanks Rhonda. There are some amazing paintings do...Thanks Rhonda. There are some amazing paintings done in watercolour on vellum. I am looking forward to starting.<br />shevaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-43417534389337839252013-11-17T15:22:57.971+00:002013-11-17T15:22:57.971+00:00Glad to hear that you're trying out the vellum...Glad to hear that you're trying out the vellum, Janene! It is too expensive to practice on, which is why I am trying to get the techniques right on paper first. I do have a small sample piece for experimenting on... but that will be next week's post! :)<br />shevaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-22304003315943436682013-11-17T13:27:58.240+00:002013-11-17T13:27:58.240+00:00These are all beautifully done, from the most fini...These are all beautifully done, from the most finished painting to the quickest (which is still pretty finished) sketch. I didn't know you could paint watercolor on vellum - now I know that you have to use more pigment and less water :) Thanks for sharing.RH Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497161758269292809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-32173438379978163492013-11-16T23:06:54.978+00:002013-11-16T23:06:54.978+00:00What a delight to see your sketchbook pages--you a...What a delight to see your sketchbook pages--you are such an inspiration, Shevan. I could only tell the real dates from the painted by their shadows. I am experimenting with vellum as well, but think I may be in over my head with my current piece. Vellum seems too expensive to use for practice, at least that is my excuse!Janenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524256338602386374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-23654653195421663702013-11-16T15:52:31.826+00:002013-11-16T15:52:31.826+00:00Thanks Carol. I used to rush into painting too, bu...Thanks Carol. I used to rush into painting too, but so many times lived to regret my haste! Keeping a sketchbook was an important part of the SBA course and helped me form good habits. I still use the SBA sketchbook as a reference... it's filled with colour charts and little notes. There's another lovely quote from Winston Churchill "Armed with a paint-box, one cannot be bored, one shevaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-46849755196272856472013-11-16T15:43:03.844+00:002013-11-16T15:43:03.844+00:00Katherine, I actually went a bit mad and ordered a...Katherine, I actually went a bit mad and ordered a selection, including the sable miniatures. It was interesting trying out the different techniques... my regular brushes just weren't suitable for the tiny movements and just roughed up the paper. Dianne has a series of videos for her students demonstrating the technique... it's certainly the "painting of a thousand strokes". I shevaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-86171002485235773692013-11-16T15:01:17.000+00:002013-11-16T15:01:17.000+00:00Have you tried ordering the brushes that the minia...Have you tried ordering the brushes that the miniaturists use? If you look at Rory's artwork it's actually masses of tiny little strokes - same as the way miniature painters work spots and strokes!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-41625961698232305092013-11-16T14:16:44.039+00:002013-11-16T14:16:44.039+00:00Love your post, Shevaun! Yes, I agree - I tend to ...Love your post, Shevaun! Yes, I agree - I tend to get excited and rush forward and have to go back to basics. I also love how your practice pages show all different angles. So helpful when you go later to do a finished piece as well, since you have first-hand reference material!<br />CarolCarol Creechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680651011815857131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-27018859897929274672013-11-16T12:48:34.145+00:002013-11-16T12:48:34.145+00:00Great post Shevaun,love your practise pages,it rea...Great post Shevaun,love your practise pages,it really does make perfect xxxClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662262765034384467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-11256221339545221942013-11-16T12:22:53.298+00:002013-11-16T12:22:53.298+00:00Thanks a million, Jarnie, you're very kind. Ye...Thanks a million, Jarnie, you're very kind. Yes, I'd really recommend doing Dianne's course- she's a fantastic tutor. <br />shevaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210683459670654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-9387243837690672932013-11-16T12:15:43.254+00:002013-11-16T12:15:43.254+00:00Thank you for this, Shevaun. Everything you say ab...Thank you for this, Shevaun. Everything you say about practice here is so true. And your practice works are works of art in themselves! You have reminded how important these exercises are and also that they can be enjoyable too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596988119424837449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603463878349085244.post-7956854526395597812013-11-16T11:57:20.743+00:002013-11-16T11:57:20.743+00:00Fabulous post Shevaun. Really great to see all of ...Fabulous post Shevaun. Really great to see all of your practice pages, your observation of every angle and characteristic of your subject is just extraordinary. Enjoy your vellum course, I may just sign up for that later. Jarnie Godwin https://www.blogger.com/profile/02232816902329798635noreply@blogger.com