We had 18 people for dinner in our new garden last night, so am rushing to catch up here. 
I probably should fiddle with the bottle shapes more, because they're a bit off, but ... no. Out of time.
Please scroll down on the shells and the flower sketches.
I've really enjoyed this *month of still lifes. Choosing and arranging objects on my drawing table has been like playing with toys. What delicious fun to use so much color. The shell sketch above may be my favorite of the 31 drawings for July--those are such great shapes and lines and colors to work with! Did you have a favorite from this month? (They're all in the Still Life gallery at left.)
August will be Animals and Farm Sketches but don't expect such finished drawings as we've had in July. I'm working on a couple of other things and just won't have the time. Some days there'll be just gesture drawings of live animals, some days sketches of animals represented in art or decorative objects, some days foody animals like shrimp, some days...who knows what? And the drawings will often come in clusters, I think. Onward!
What a wonderful month of line and colour. I find it as difficult as everyone else to choose a favourite - if I have to, I think Tomatillos on a Glass Plate and the Candles and Window. Maybe I'll just go back and look through them again :)
robyn
Posted by: Robyn | August 03, 2006 at 04:21 AM
All three of these paintings are favorites. The red flowers are amazing and the compositions are delightful, as well as the colors. I can see any of these as full sized paintings. They're really going way beyond sketchbook art--so sophisticated and well designed and executed. I would love to have all three of these hanging as large paintings in my house. There's such a European (French I suppose) sensitibility to them, as well.
Posted by: Jana Bouc | August 02, 2006 at 03:25 AM
Grr, that was suppose to be a !!!!! ;D
Posted by: Maggie | August 01, 2006 at 10:12 PM
Breathtaking floral arrangement? I have a very similar container with roses. The reds are SO RICH.
Posted by: Maggie | August 01, 2006 at 10:11 PM
Thank you SO much, everyone, and especially thank you to those who mentioned favorites! It's fun to know these things, though I try not to let them influence me overmuch. Teri, I'm within driving distance of farms, so no problem ;D. PB, it's just that I had other things to draw. PP, merci bcp et je suis heureuse de vous voir ici! Chris, was it the heat... or something else;D? Elaine, I miss you. Pedro, hope you're enjoying your vacation. Niff, I'm glad you like these. At the dinner the other night everyone went crazy over your birds hanging in the kitchen! Smooches to Cin, Lin, Terri, Linda M, Linda C, Karen, such faithful and enthusiastic buddies!
Posted by: Laura | August 01, 2006 at 07:28 PM
Now THIS is the Laura I love! your little colorful set-ups. How do you make glass look so transparent and light and delicate?
yay.
Posted by: niff | August 01, 2006 at 04:06 PM