Drawing January: Winter and snowdrops

Hello – and a belated Happy New Year! I’ve just come indoors from my first drawing expedition into the garden. I know that’s overstating it, but I do carry so much stuff down from the studio, it feels like I’m going to the North Pole! Weather bright and sunny after a flurry of snow – not like the painted sketches I did last year (or was it the year before?), but certainly, it was chilly! I went down to the pond, where I discovered our first snowdrops. I used large paper and pastel for a change. Here are my drawings and photos from today along with a couple of studies of the garden in oil when the snow came down properly!:

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Food under the plum tree, (January 2013), Oil on board
Snow banked up, (January 2013), Oil on board
Our first snowdrops!
Snowdrops on easel
Easel by the pond
Easel by the pond, photograph
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14 Comments

  1. Anita C. Miller Author
    14/01/2015 at 3:08 pm

    Maxine, I love these! I am so jealous that you have snowdrops already!!

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    1. Maxine Dodd - Artist Author
      14/01/2015 at 6:52 pm

      Anita, thank you so much! I was thinking about you when I ‘set out’ on my adventure in the snow this morning – I thought to myself, ‘This is a bit tame compared with Chicago and a polar vortex!!!!’ I couldn’t believe the snowdrops either – they’re definitely earlier than usual, but you can see that they face south and get a lovely spell of sunshine when it comes out. 🙂

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  2. Jan Author
    14/01/2015 at 4:17 pm

    THEY ARE LOVELY.

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    1. Maxine Dodd - Artist Author
      14/01/2015 at 6:53 pm

      Thanks Jan – I’m really glad you like them. 🙂

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  3. designsweet Author
    14/01/2015 at 6:28 pm

    Love the snowdrops! And you have snow!!!!

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    1. Maxine Dodd - Artist Author
      14/01/2015 at 6:55 pm

      Thanks so much. I love the snowdrops too – always bring a smile with them, don’t they? 🙂

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  4. Jackie Author
    14/01/2015 at 8:13 pm

    Wonderful paintings and captures! Thank you for sharing them. 🙂

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    1. Maxine Dodd - Artist Author
      15/01/2015 at 8:35 am

      Jackie, so kind – thank you! 🙂

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  5. Sheree Author
    15/01/2015 at 11:08 am

    A real British winter! The paintings are lovely. Belated Happy New Year.

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    1. Maxine Dodd - Artist Author
      15/01/2015 at 2:58 pm

      It certainly seems to be shaping up that way, Sheree. I bet it’s just right for riding the bike where you are – Very slippery round here! Thanks for lovely comment, glad you like the paintings, Happy New Year to you and all at Velovoices 🙂

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  6. kestrelart Author
    16/01/2015 at 11:11 pm

    Lovely stuff. Very different style from your sports fast. sketches

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    1. Maxine Dodd - Artist Author
      17/01/2015 at 11:45 am

      Thanks so much – I love to go out and draw when it’s cold – Lord alone knows why! I’m such a wimp though as I can retreat to the warm very quickly from the garden! 🙂

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      1. kestrelart Author
        17/01/2015 at 11:53 am

        so that’s where I differ. I stand in the cold drawing while my feet turn to ice. Once in the States, I went snow shoe walking (they warned me to watch out for grizzlies). I tried to paint the scenery but the paints wont work when the water freezes on the brush.

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      2. Maxine Dodd - Artist Author
        17/01/2015 at 5:04 pm

        You’re absolutely right! It’s a different proposition altogether in a country that really knows what ‘cold’ is… and we don’t have the threat of bears here. It’s a walk in the park by comparison. 🙂

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