It’s always sad and frustrating when I admire something so much but cannot capture and express its beauty on a piece of paper.
There’s a magnolia tree at our prefectural office and this flower was the biggest one on the tree. Of course I didn’t sketch it in the middle of the parking lot there. I took a photo, and painted this from the photo at home. Painting flowers and leaves are always so difficult for me. It’s not like a distant view of the mountains in the background. The numerous leaves are right in front of me and I see them all but I’ve got to simplify them somehow in painting…
There’s a magnolia tree at our prefectural office and this flower was the biggest one on the tree. Of course I didn’t sketch it in the middle of the parking lot there. I took a photo, and painted this from the photo at home. Painting flowers and leaves are always so difficult for me. It’s not like a distant view of the mountains in the background. The numerous leaves are right in front of me and I see them all but I’ve got to simplify them somehow in painting…