Saturday, 15 August 2015

Freesia

Lovely warm days coming in our area and small little flowers are growing beside the road. This flower is called Freesia. As far as I understand, it is a native to South Africa but appeared in Australia sometime ago. It was named after Friedrich Freese, German botanist and doctor. Light bell shaped flowers ranging from yellow to light violet/purple.The fragrance is very  delicate and the flowers have long thin leaves. They grow in gardens and beside the road quite profusely so I was able to get a few for a study. Study with pencil.


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  1. Lovely tonal study, Katerina! I am glad you are enjoying the weather and able to do more drawing and painting.

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    1. Thank you, Deborah!
      Yes it is getting warmer and I can see a few flowers coming out.
      Thinking of doing a colour sketch of freesia.

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  2. Thank you for posting your beautiful study of a freesia, now you're a Blogger and a botanical artist Katerina :) ... isn't it so nice when the weather starts to improve! Here we have the fruits on the trees, my favourite time

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    1. Thank you, Dianne!
      Getting more confidence and one step at a time. Thinking of doing a watercolour sketch of the flower.

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