Hello and Happy T Day!
I got some new cold brew tea for the hot summer days. I wasn't expecting much from this one, as it smelled like sun lotion at first. But I like it and it tastes very refreshing.
What on the drawing table? I tested some bamboo paper by Calirefontaine and I reallly like it. Painted a bird, that I already painted an dozen times, so that's perfect for testing new papers.
The garden is doing great so far and besides some peas I already harvested some garlic. Also gave some to family and friends.
I was invited by a dear friend on Bluesky to join a "#wildkräuterreise" (wild herb trip), which leads us to find and get to know 12 wild herbs around the summer solstice. The fun thing is, that I have most of them in my garden, but also found some during my lunch break walks.
Common Mugwort
St. John's-wort
Yarrow
Stinging Nettle
Bought myself some new sketching pencils from Caran d'Ache, which are invisible, if you copy a sketch. So you can sketch something and then draw over it with ink or a dark pencil .
I often used colored pencils for my sketches, but these are much better, as they are erasable. Did this Little Owl as a test.
Sharing this blog post with T stands for.... by Bleubeard and Elisabeth!
Love your nuthatch. They are fun to watch walking face first down a tree. :)
AntwortenLöschenI've added the bamboo paper and the invisible pencils to my wish list.
Have a lovely weekend.
Lovely art
AntwortenLöschenYour little bird and your owl are beautiful. It always fun to try new art supplies, isn't it? That's especially true if they end up being great to use. I hope you have a wonderful T day. hugs-Erika
AntwortenLöschenOhh new tea, new pencils and an herb crafting trip. How fun is all of this? Your art is just amazing.
AntwortenLöschenYour little bird is beautiful. A great way to test new paper.
AntwortenLöschenLucky you and the garden. That garlic looks wonderful. I bought some yarrow on Herb Day this year, but it isn't doing well. I love your drawing of it and the other wild herbs.
LOVE your owl. I wouldn't want to erase it,. even if you were testing for erase ability (grin).
I'm a big fan of hibiscus tea, so that tea sounds great to me. Thanks for sharing your art, garden, drawings, and tea with us for T this Tuesday, dear Kokopelli.
What a lovely owl!
AntwortenLöschenHow interesting about the erasable pencil. I didn't know such a thing existed.
Happy T-Day,
Lisca