Reposted from sketching_daily
More sketches! Some are from this winter, but one is actually from today! sketching_daily is working, I'm drawing more :D
Here's Today's sketch :
Franck ploughed around the olive trees and with the recent warm temperatures, flowers are coming out! Those two managed to push aside a well-sized earth lump and they were so lovely. I don't know how they're called in English, I'm not even sure of their name in French. I think that they are what my mother called Dames de Onze Heures, Ladies of Eleven O'clock, because they open very late in the morning - and were already closing when I finished sketching. I love the name! Maybe because I don't know if I'm much of a lady myself, but the eleven o'clock definitely applies.
And here are the two from this winter :
This one was sketched in a parking lot (in the car! warmer :D) while I was waiting for the end of my mother's speech therapy session. It's the medieval part of the city with the cathedral towering above. You don't usually get such an open perspective as the houses are very close together, but here they destroyed the ramparts and a few houses - the parking place in itself isn't that pretty, but the view is nice.
This one is from our house. I love this angle, it makes it look like a big country house (while it's really a tiny one!). I sketched this to try to make a personalised label for the bottles of our very first olive oil production, the whole 10 litres of it :D. I finally printed labels with photos of the picking crew (my sister and my father in law).
As a bonus, here's a photo of the small bottles we gave to the family for Christmas
The colour isn't that orange in real life, but this is indeed a somewhat thick and coloured oil. As for the taste, we appreciate it but you have to enjoy a strong olive taste!
And a few photos of the olives picking day. It was November first, yes it was :)
My MIL and I picking olives
End of a hard working day :)
Our production!
Here's Today's sketch :
Franck ploughed around the olive trees and with the recent warm temperatures, flowers are coming out! Those two managed to push aside a well-sized earth lump and they were so lovely. I don't know how they're called in English, I'm not even sure of their name in French. I think that they are what my mother called Dames de Onze Heures, Ladies of Eleven O'clock, because they open very late in the morning - and were already closing when I finished sketching. I love the name! Maybe because I don't know if I'm much of a lady myself, but the eleven o'clock definitely applies.
And here are the two from this winter :
This one was sketched in a parking lot (in the car! warmer :D) while I was waiting for the end of my mother's speech therapy session. It's the medieval part of the city with the cathedral towering above. You don't usually get such an open perspective as the houses are very close together, but here they destroyed the ramparts and a few houses - the parking place in itself isn't that pretty, but the view is nice.
This one is from our house. I love this angle, it makes it look like a big country house (while it's really a tiny one!). I sketched this to try to make a personalised label for the bottles of our very first olive oil production, the whole 10 litres of it :D. I finally printed labels with photos of the picking crew (my sister and my father in law).
As a bonus, here's a photo of the small bottles we gave to the family for Christmas
The colour isn't that orange in real life, but this is indeed a somewhat thick and coloured oil. As for the taste, we appreciate it but you have to enjoy a strong olive taste!
And a few photos of the olives picking day. It was November first, yes it was :)
My MIL and I picking olives
End of a hard working day :)
Our production!