Quince on a stand Reedbeds Poster Sometimes i sit and sketch

Sometimes i sit and sketch other times I gather things and trundle down the hill to the reed beds by the river Dart

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The garden at this time of the year is filled with the sound of insects

I wanted to put the lemon in this still life to make sure I would carefully observe the reflections and to increase the diagonal draw of the eye for the viewer

Quince on a stand Reedbeds Poster Sometimes i sit and sketchI have drawn quinces many times in different media. Why? Because the form of the fruit with its angled shoulders when drawn in a square gives the opportunity to explore composition and subject within the surface of the paper. In this little charcoal still life which is on Fabriano Artistico paper, the shadows play a game with the shape of the fruit. This is part of a much larger series which may very well may end up totalling a whopping great seven