Tuesday 16 February 2010

Some visual journal entries

I finally found some time to do some drawings from photos I took at Forest Lake.

You can click on any image to enlarge and make the text easier to read.



Purple Swamp Hen
Watercolour, pen and a little coloured pencil in A4 sketchbook



Water birds at the Lake
Watercolour, pen and a little coloured pencil in A4 sketchbook




Graphite and pen in A5 sketchbook


An EveryDayMatters challenge


Pen and coloured pencil in A5 sketchbook


Love, light and peace

23 comments:

  1. Amazing work ... very tranquil drawings.

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  2. I've loved so many of your sketches, but the Purple Swamp Hen is just incredible. Thank you so much for sharing your sketches.

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  3. hi! i'm eleni from greece! thank you so much for being a follower of my blog and for your nice words! your pages are like poem,romantic and nostalgic somehow! i love them!!!!!!!i had seen them on flickr but i did know that you had a blog! well, very nice surprise!

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  4. really nice sketches of the birds :) the swamp hen is such an interesting bird, such big feet on them

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  5. Those are really truly incredible! You are such an amazing artist. That top one looks like it should be framed not in a sketch book!

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  6. Oh my--I didn't realize how much I missed the loving touch you have with birds! Very interesting looking birds, too. Not that I don't like the rest of the sketches--hehe! Glad you got some quality time with the kids. Sounds just wonderful, Serena! But how can that lawn be dry enough to mow already?! :)

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  7. I sure would love to watch you work...see how you make such perfection, Serena!!! WOW!!!

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  8. Hi Serena

    Your drawings are always so lovely. And I love how you illustrate your journal. Me, I just write.

    Hugs,
    Tamerie

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  9. Serena,

    The pictures of the birds are wonderful. They could walk or swim off the page.

    My favorite is the Purple Swamp Hen and I agree it does look like she's putting "best foot forward" or "strutting her stuff"!

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  10. Serena, your sketches are always so interesting, not only is the actual sketch great, but the journaling is delightful...Shelly

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  11. Wonderful sketches Serena, I love anything "bird" related. You did great.

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  12. Serena you are incredibly talented.
    Your art is so good and I love your handwriting too.
    :-)

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  13. Hello darling thanks for popping in for a visit and for your concern. Yes, darling my check-up went fine and I have given the good health check. I keep looking at your sketches, they are absolutely marvellous. I love the serene feel they give the viewer. Proud of you luv for the beauty you display.

    Love & Hugs
    Duchess

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  14. What special sketchbooks you have. they are so beautiful. I love the swamp hen. :)

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  15. Your sketches brought those birds alive! My favorite is the swamp hen- we don't have a bird like that, that I'm aware of.

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  16. Hi Serena,

    Your sketches are wonderful as always!
    Hope Michelle is doing better with each passing day!

    Hugs

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  17. Amazing! You have such talent, Serena. My favorites here are the Muscovy Duck and the Purple Swamp Hen (who looks really exotic to me).

    Highly recommend a click for a closeup on the Muscovy Duck to all readers. :) You've captured such a sense of motion in the gently rippling water, the shadow of his head and body, his ruffled wings, and the feet seen propelling him along beneath layers of shadow, water, and reflection. Lovely!

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  18. p.s. I do hope Michelle is better. Tell her a fellow TAWer sends her Zen wishes and as much healthy energy as I can muster in the dead of winter!

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  19. Beautiful work. I love birds! I'll bet I could add a whole whack of them to my life list in Australia.

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  20. Absolutely perfect! Each of them is beautiful and amazingly life like.

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  21. Oh these are beautiful. You are on the roll keep them coming.

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  22. Oh I love these, you do such beautiful work.

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