Today's lily drawing, colored pencil on arches paper. May 5, 2014Every year I draw or paint Easter lilies from life. I buy as many pots of them as I can fit in my little car. My studio is a fragrant forest of tall stalks and waving white flowers.
I also feel extremely pressured to get some quality drawings from those lilies. It is my only chance to observe them from life during the brief moments that they stay alive.
This year I am clinging as hard as I can to have my life-drawing sessions with my beloved lilies. A lingering bout of a nasty virus has slowed me down but I am still looking and appreciating while I can.
Perhaps I have waited too long to draw from these. The petals are beginning to curl. Although I do like the extra character the flowers get as they age a little.
