How To Sketch Rhododendrons - An Easy Way To Resolve The Rhodies!
Hello Sketcher!
If you're like me, you love to sit outdoors on a nice day and sketch blossoms in ink and watercolour. It can be tricky to keep them loose and fresh, but the technique I demonstrate here makes them accessible, and lots of fun.
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This video was shot in the grounds of Kilmacurragh House in Co. Wicklow. The sketching on the spot was made possible by my wonderful SketchPocket, which comes everywhere with me. I have been inundated with requests for this amazing bag, and they'll be available from the summer of 2024 onwards, with a bit of luck!
My mum is well on the way to recovery and we were both overjoyed to spend such a special day together.
See you next time!
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So lovely to share with your mom. My mom took me along on a summer watercolor class when I was about 12 and I still have and treasure those paintings. I'm older now than my mom was then. This made me miss her! Thanks for sharing with all of us.
Rhododendrons are native to the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, but probably are native elsewhere. The one that grow near me are more lavender, but your reds are beautiful. I'm glad you were able to spend quality time with your dear mother.
Wonderful! So, artistic flair is in the genes! My heart goes out to your mum as I am a bit incapacitated too at the moment (full knee replacement). My usual sketchbuddy is sending me a photo she's taken each day to draw from, while I convalescence, and I've got about 12 little paintings now... 😄
So fun seeing you and you adjacent family generations pursuing art together. Thank you for sharing. I’m in Arizona US and there are rhododendrons all around here too. Can’t imagine how they survive in both these diverse climates.
How lovely to have a mum you can paint with. This is super. Thank you.
What a lovely painting, so beautiful, and your mom is a great painter as well! Thanks to both of you for sharing... ❤❤
Here we are on a road trip to NW Oregon and rhododendrons are blooming everywhere! All colors! Thanks for this!
I love the mother-daughter team and the different styles compared. I must go paint something like this now!
How lovely to go out sketching with your mum! Thanks for this videos, I love sketching rhododendrons too but often fall into the trap of sketching individual flowers. Will try this technique of yours the next time. Lovely too to see this garden again, we once visited it during a holiday in county Wicklow.
Love the idea of printing on fabric for such a wonderful patterned dress!
Both paintings are just beautiful! ❤
Beautiful art, and so lovely to watch you painting there with Cinnie(love that name) and listening to the bird song.
Coollll, I like your mum's flowers pretty much. Big hug to her ❤
Really enjoyed this video Roisin, and so nice to see you paint with you Mum too!
This is so good, what a fun video ☺☺
Love it! ❤❤
Love it…and so nice to see your individual styles. Rhododendrons really remind me of the Irish summer….plus the smell of coconut from the brilliant yellow gorse …and the beautiful fragrant honeysuckle in the hedges….so many wonderful inspiring things to paint.😊
These are lovely. I really struggle with florals and then tend to overwork them……. Disaster. I really must save up and get more Fude pens and a variety of inks. Raid my piggy bank.
Hope your mum heals up well. Nice you're able to to help her out and still have fun together. How many fude pens do you keep in your sketch kit?
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