Sunday, June 21, 2015

Anything But a Card : Out and About

This month's challenge theme at Anything But a Card Challenge is Out and About.

Use the great outdoors as your inspiration to challenge your muse; celebrate nature, your favorite place; World Environment Day June 5th; the seasonal colors at your place; or just having fun outdoors. Summer time is here which is everyone's favorite time of year - time for vacations, camping and cookouts!



My project this month is some botanical sketches I did in my sketchbook.I had gone for a mini vacation to the beautiful mountains in the North of India. Since I was "out and about", I decided to try my hand at nature journaling. For my first spread I decided to focus on Pinecones and trees which are in abundance there. All the sketches are done with a drawing pencil and Pigma Micron pens.

I did take some help from Google to study the structure and the lifecycle of a pine cone.:-).

After a while I decided to attempt to colour my drawing and promptly made a mess of it.I don't know why I find water colouring so difficult.I am hoping that with time,I will get better or maybe I will find out that it is not meant to be.Either way,I am going to keep trying.


Please do join us at the Anything But a Card challenge.

Cheers
Pallavi



 

5 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness Pallavi... these sketches are beautiful... I only wish I could do this. Gorgeous !!!! I'm liking your new blog here...

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thank you soo much Toni.I am sure you can do this.If I can ,anybody can.:-).Thanks for visiting.

    ReplyDelete
  3. WOW Pallavi you transported me back to my botany lessons!
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia
    Cards Crafts Kids Projects

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Ha ha.You are right!I completely forgot how diligently I used to work on my diagrams in college.I think I was a better artist then.lol.

      Delete