Day 21: Compose a collection of flowers in a container

"I feel such creative power in myself that I know for sure that the time will arrive when, so to speak, I shall regularly make something good every day. But very rarely a day passes that I do not make something, though it is not yet the real thing I want to make."

 ~Vincent van Gogh (Letter to Theo van Gogh, 9 September 1882) 

 

This is exactly how I feel!  Who knew that I could relate to a famous true artist?

 

Day 21's assignment was to sketch a collection of flowers in a container, focusing on achieving a nice value range, white, light, middle, dark, black.  Here are my hydrangeas.  The proportion is a bit different than the inspiration photo, but I think the shading on this sketch is somewhat better than I've done in the past.  I so wish I could be Kelly's flunky in exchange for daily critiques and coaching of my sketches!  Kelly, would you consider it??!!

 

 

All in all, after 21 days straight of sketching, I'm still so intrigued by this process.  And, I'm still surprised that I'm intrigued by this process!  Let's keep going!