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The U3A Art Workshop sketching this week was at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. The Temperate House is a great example of Victorian Engineering built in 1860 and Grade I listed. It houses over 10,000 plants – some so rare they aren’t seen in the wild.
However, the clue is in the name, Temperate :rolleyes: The interior of the glasshouse is hot and humid and definitely not sketcher-friendly, so humid that the Uni-Pin 0.1 packed up early-on and the sketch paper felt distinctly soggy.
There is a walkway in the roof around, the glasshouse and this is the staircase up to it …….
This sketch took 3 hours, lots of mineral water, two ice-creams and a welcome beer to finish.
RonC & C always welcome
“Temperate house “? More like a hot house of the most challenging perspectives !
– which you have rose to magnificently ! Critique ? – Give Ron perhaps the finest collection of exotic plants collected from all four corners of the world & what catches her eye ? Any greenery is only used as a artistic device to ground the drawing & add contrast to & emphasis to the the iron work !:lol: I can well see see where your sympathies lie .
you certainly earned your ice cream & beer :thumbsup:
MikeThanks for your kind comments Mike.
Somehow my botanical efforts have never looked really convincing; my plants all end up looking like giant cabbages :rolleyes: – so I stuck to what I knew I could draw.
RonC & C always welcome
… and a welcome beer to finish.
At the London Apprentice?
It is only on a basis of knowledge that we can become free to compose naturally. -- Bernard Dunstan
blog.jlk.netAt the London Apprentice?
The Tap On The Line at Kew Station was nearest. I could watch for my train whilst supping!
RonC & C always welcome
Extremely challenging in more ways than one!
What a really nice drawing this is Ron, clear, well planned and the greenery sets off the iron work beautifully.
Definitely worth than than a pint!:)Cheers, Maureen
Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .
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