Rosecolored pencil on paper
4.5 x 6.5 inches
©Ann Thompson Nemcosky
This is a drawing that I began quite a while ago, before I got sidetracked with things like making a planner and experimenting with combining watercolor crayons and colored pencil. All good stuff but sometimes I feel I am making little progress moving forward, just jumping around from one idea to another without direction. I do have a lot of ideas for works I would like to do. I just seem to be having trouble settling into one train of thought in order to explore each idea fully. I began this year with the concept of "focus" and that seems to be exactly what I am lacking these days. When I returned to this drawing determined to finish it up I was reminded of Georgia O'Keeffe and her flowers and what she had to say about looking, really looking at a flower. Having focus, if only briefly.
"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment.
I want to give that world to someone else.
Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower.
I want them to see it whether they want to or not."
-Georgia O'Keeffe
I want to give that world to someone else.
Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower.
I want them to see it whether they want to or not."
-Georgia O'Keeffe
WOW!!!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful flower! I can relate on the jumping around thing... I love to experiment (a more scientific name for jumping around) so I could use some focus too!
ReplyDeleteLove the O'Keefe quote!
This rose is so beautiful! I just love all the subtle color changes in it. nancy
ReplyDeleteLots of great movement here Ann, without disturbing the peace - well done!
ReplyDeleteAnother fantastic one! My mom's a rose lover, so I like the flower because my mom loves it too. But I don't just love this one because it's a rose, it's because it really doesn't looking a drawing at all as it's as realistic as a flower can be. Ann this is truly another piece that's out of this world, and I hope you fetch a huge amount for it :)
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful :) I just noticed your planner... I was about to check it out :)
ReplyDeleteHow wonderfully tactile your petals are, especially at blossom's center. My first job was in a florist (age 14), where I had the task of stripping the thorns from the rose stems. I look at this and feel the bloom. Lovely.
ReplyDeletethat is gorgeous!! love the colours and it looks so soft :D
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful, Ann! And it does remind me of Georgia O'Keeffe, who I am distantly related to btw! Distantly.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. I just love the colors you used.
ReplyDeleteThis rose is really beautiful. It looks so real. Having looked at some of the other flowers you have done, I would say you must love flowers, because they are all done beautifully!
ReplyDeleteWow, that just took my breath away! The subtle variations in the colors are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteEven jumping from flower to flower in a cutting garden will eventually result is a beautiful bouquet! You are focused.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Rose!!
Sounds like good advice, and I see the rose. Georgia would have been pleased I think.
ReplyDeleteI can almost smell this glowing rose.
ReplyDelete...stunning........I love your drawing of the rose...the shading is so subtle. I like the quote you chose as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! I do appreciate all of your encouraging comments :-)
ReplyDeleteI agree W-O-W fabulous!!!
ReplyDeleteAnn, this is indeed FABULOUS, to borrow others' words. You have such a beautiful talent with pencil.
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