30: Obligatory Heliconia drawing!
Obligatory heliconia drawing ... Unfinished.
I really should keep at it and put a lot more work into this drawing. But I’ve spent far too long on it as it is, and find myself with absolutely no energy left, so I’m afraid it will have to remain unfinished. I may return to it some day, but then again perhaps it’s just meant to remain the way it is. I’m constantly agonizing over the right time to put the pencils down and just Stop. I doubt if I’ll ever learn, despite the knowledge that it can be dangerous to overwork a piece -- and end up destroying it. Sometimes it’s best just to leave things the way they are :)
I think this is heliconia rostrata, which grows rampantly within the neat beds of my mother's garden.
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Absolutely gobsmackingly lovely!
Posted by: E-J | 13 May 2008 at 07:01 PM
This is very beautiful.
Posted by: Laurel Neustadter | 13 May 2008 at 09:29 PM
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Posted by: Anita Davies | 13 May 2008 at 09:55 PM
I agree with E-J: gobsmackingly beautiful! But I can relate to your dilemma.
Miguel reminded me the other day of a story about an elementary school teacher who had been asked to explain the surprisingly large number of successful drawings her young students produced. "Nothing special" she replied, "I just know when to take their papers away."
Wouldn't it be great if we could all have this woman at our side every time we endeavored to draw?
Posted by: juj | 14 May 2008 at 12:13 AM
Fabulous colors on this!
Posted by: Sharon | 14 May 2008 at 01:14 AM
Ah hah so that is what it is called, I saw these lovely 'blossoms' in St Thomas, so bright and solid they did not look real, but they were! Facinating plant and your work looks done to me - Striking.
Posted by: Sandy | 14 May 2008 at 03:32 AM
This is stunning.
Posted by: Nature and me | 14 May 2008 at 05:05 AM
Its unfinished? Can't believe it!
Hope France is treating you well...
Posted by: Mithi | 16 May 2008 at 09:20 PM
Hi !!
This drawing is absolutely wonderful !!
You know what , I am thoroughly inspired by your site, and actually dusted my sketchpad and pencils to restart drawing all over again.
will post my drawings once I have a bunch of them..would really like you to comment on it..
love
Anu
Posted by: Anupama | 22 May 2008 at 02:27 PM
Yay, a new post. Yay, it's brilliant. And, yes, I have exactly the same problem.
Posted by: andreaj | 27 May 2008 at 09:11 AM
... nice ... very nice
Posted by: Giovanni | 16 June 2008 at 05:22 AM