It's past time for apple blossoms this year.
We have 6 appletrees in our garden, and they all act differently. This year 3 of them had a normal blooming, one was so loaded with blossoms that I've never seen it befort, and two had no blooms at all. They are all old trees, and the apples aren't especially good to eat, but I use them in cooking.
It's truly a beautiful sight when they bloom, all the pink color turning almost white when the flowers open up. There's so much going on in the garden right now that I have no chance capturing it all in my sketchbook. That's when the camera comes in handy. I have hundred of photos for later use.
It's really nice to to draw and paint, all the beauty from the garden, in winter. Wind and snow howling around the corners, and me sitting longing for a new spring. That's the time for using all the photos, picking a subject from all the beauty that was in my garden last season.
Happy PPF and Friday Sketches everyone, and thanks for checking in!
You are very clever to use those photos to paint from your own garden, even as the snow is falling all around you! We have a cherry tree grafted together from three other trees (so that it will self-pollinate), and I am now thinking I should do the same thing you do! Your painted blossoms look just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous blossoms, beautiful work Laila, I love your artwork. Happy PPF, Annette x
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Yes, apple blossoms are beautiful, and you have captured them so well. Valerie
ReplyDeletelove them...very pretty
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blossoms....Growing up we had two transparent apple trees that made the best apple pies ever! We spent the summer peeling apples as they dropped from the trees...we also had a tree with very small tart apples mostly for cooking...not sure what their name was but they always seemed to get more diseased than the other two trees! Thanks for sharing...and sparking that memory!
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That's such a wonderful idea to use pictures of the flowers in your garden in the midst of winter. That'll surely cheer you up and make you forget about winter for a while :-) Love what you painted in your sketchbook!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed looking at your beautiful soft colors. Lovely work.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Laila - I can almost smell the fragrance - the blossoms here need a few more days to start to bloom.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely painting of the apple blossom, yes, it is so beautiful just now. Great idea to photograph it and use it later.
ReplyDeleteApple trees do seem to have a mind of their own. We had 6 and all grew differently. You were smart to take the photos so you could paint them later. Wonderful art.
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Such beautiful art! Apple blossoms are really so fragrant and pretty.
ReplyDeleteLovely apple blossom drawings, I do that too with my photos, makes the dark winter days a lot brighter.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful sketch! The blossoms are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful apple blossoms, Laila! We are starting the blossom time.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous...your floral blooms are magnificent and delicate and full of life too! So beautiful! Must be so nice to have those apple trees!
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Victoria #5
These are beautiful Laila! I love the vibrancy of your sketches.
ReplyDeleteWe have an apple tree and truly enjoy those beautiful blossoms. You've done a great job capturing their beauty.:)
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous composition! I love the clever way you used the white fence to do your journaling too. Happy PPF and Blessings! #43
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blossoms! We have two apple trees and they are always different each year. We seldom get good apples but like you, I use them in cooking.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had more flowers in my yard but our weather doesn't treat them very nicely. I do take photos of flowers I see in other places and do enjoy looking at them throughout the year.
Dine æbleblomster er virkelig smukke!
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Hi Laila, beautiful! Are you using Twinks or "normal" watercolors?
ReplyDeleteLovely blossoms! I love the "fence".
ReplyDeleteThese are so lovely, bright and summery!
ReplyDeleteSo delicate and lovely. Gardens are definitely a wonderful source of inspiration.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and sweet watercolors and beautiful blossom. Thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteYour apple blossoms are so beautiful-and they bring the beauty of the spring and summer right into the heart of winter
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