Beautiful Living Things

"Art is the Flower - Life is the Green Leaf. Let every artist strive to make his flower a beautiful living thing, something that will convince the world that there may be, there are, things more precious more beautiful - more lasting than life itself... you must offer real, living - beautifully coloured flowers - flowers that grow from, but above, the green leaf – flowers that are not dead – are not dying – not artificial – real flowers springing from your own soul – not even cut flowers - You must offer the flowers of the art that is in you – the symbols of all that is noble – and beautiful – and inspiring - flowers that will often change a colourless leaf - into an established and thoughtful thing." ~ Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Nodding Onions

More iPad art sketched from a photograph by Howard Bjornson. There is such a fluid feeling about the lines of the wild Nodding Onion.  Combined with the unusual colors of the blossoms, this was a joy to draw and paint using the Sketch Club app on an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil.