I am at it again . . . more irises . . .
Bearded Irises 2022
Warning that the time of year has come when i will obsess over irises in absurdly long posts. They will be tagged “bearded iris” if you are only here for the cooking blog and need to skip them. Or, y'know, you only want the iris posts, because the other tag I’m about to overuse is “kosher l'pesach”
And to those of you who are here because I blog about my garden and kitchen, welcome to my favorite time of year & enjoy!
New WIPs
I feel like I’m making some progress . . .
What I saw
What i sketched:
How the painting came out:
Behold! An Eyeris.
Kinda friend shaped. Keeps a watch over the garden.
Progress . . .
Not sure what background color to put behind the red iris . . .
Yellow, apparently. To go with the one I did before:
One more to go!
Today's WIP.
And now I have to stop because my hands are so tired they have gone shaky and also this post is so long it is turning into “do you love the color of the iris”. But I learned a lot today!
Doodling bearded irises, waiting for spring …
Just a little fall color
Free books on Internet Archives re design
https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/mode/1up
Etude de la plante : son application aux industries d'art : pochoir, papier peint, etoffes, céramique, marqueterie, tapis, ferronnerie, reliure, dentelles, broderies, vitrail, mosaïque, bijouterie, bronze, orfévrerieby Verneuil, M. P. (Maurice Pillard), 1869-1942
Publication date 1903Topics Decoration and ornament, Decoration and ornament, Flowers in artPublisher Paris : Librairie Centrale des Beaux-ArtsCollection getty; americanaDigitizing sponsor Getty Research InstituteContributor Getty Research InstituteLanguage French
It is in French, but even if you do not read French, the pictures teach a really good class on how to observe and abstract and make patterns. Examples:
Brown paper bag, Sharpie, and acrylic paint blue iris
Wanted to learn to make something like a Motawi tile, in a California Craftsman style. Getting there …
Appreciation to Pedro Lemos for the art lessons, and to Internet Archives for putting his wonderful books online for free!
Painting a blue iris
1. Grow Blenheim Royal bearded iris (bought from Schreiner’s or Nola’s Iris garden)
2. Take photo
3. Make cruddy sketch w Sharpie on brown bag (too awful to photo) aand block in color w acrylic paint
4. Obsess for a week on repairing the anatomical disasters of the sketch
Feel reasonably pleased. Photo, crop and post. Let go and move on.
Purple bearded iris
NO ID: it just showed up in my garden. I can’t recall buying, nicking, or planting it.
But, purple! And velvet. And a two-toned purple and gold beard!
A beauty. I shall refer to it as “Unexpected Guest” until someone gives me another idea what it might be.
