The rose is flowering only for a very short period and I had to work fast for this drawing. This morning yesterday's flower had dropped it's petals. I'm happy with the flower and I think the pink resembles the true colour very well. Also the buds and the stem (or branch) are very good I think. The leaves however are a bit of a problem. I don't like doing leaves and the colour of these leaves is very difficult. I managed to draw two leaves and I hope the pink of the flower and the red of the branch will distract the attention from the leaves a bit.
Oh, and about the rose... it's called Rosa glauca, which means Red-leaved rose. The front of the leaf is grey- green but the backside of the leaf is a bit reddish. The veins are red too. It is a species of rose native to the mountains of central and southern Europe.
4 comments:
This is so beautiful. I am so impressed with your work. You handle the color so well.
If you have blackberries growing in your area, they have a similar blossom and leaves. They are in the rose family.
Thanks Jan! The colour is strange and were hard this time. In the leaves that is.... I have Blackberries beside my house and I made a drawing of the fruit two years ago (look at the banner of this Blog) but I never actually did the flowers.
Wow! How brilliant colors!
Thanks Maco!!!
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