Flowing Pear

 

It's so fun to paint the blooms as they unfold on our flowering trees!  This spring has truly been one of the most beautiful ones I can remember!  All the trees seem to be in bloom at the same time - pears, plums, redbuds, and the forsythia and daffodils are at peak, too.  I think the lilacs will open tomorrow, and you know I'll have to get them painted ASAP!  It's such a busy time but I simply must make time to paint the fleeting bloom time beauty!  Too soon it will be summer, and a whole new season of bloom will be upon us!  Painting number 5145 in 5145 days. 

Cardinal in the Flowering Pear

Cardinal in the Flowering Pear
Pen and ink on paper, 5x7

The flowering pear on the front lawn could not be more abundant with blooms, and this sweet little female cardinal has found a favorite perch!  I love capturing the spring beauty with pen and ink, freely using my pen as I squiggle on those petals feathers and bark.  I have a wonderful collection of india ink Pitt pens, but I return again and again to my favorite superfine and brush tips.  It seems I don’t even pick the others up until my favs runs completely out of ink.... and then, of course, I do!  This drawing is the 1173rd piece of completed artwork in 1173 days.