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Iris SeedpodsSaturday, 19th July 2003, West Yorkshire |
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I
never got around to drawing the Yellow Flag Irises in
our pond when they were in flower but, typical of me, I find the form
of the seedpods more appealing to draw than the flamboyant flowers. The
withering leaves on the right are more fun to draw than the fresh green
ones on the left which are an exacting subject with all those parallel
veins (typical of the iris family, and for that matter of any of the Monocotyledons,
the botanical group that includes orchids, daffodils and plantains. The
banana is a plantain and, when you think of a bunch of bananas growing
on a banana plant, you can see there's a connection with the iris pods).
The withering leaves are flamelike in shape, with their twisting points while their ochre yellow colouring, turning to rust at the tips, also suggests, prematurely (we are still in July), the flamelike tints of autumn.
I did think of adding a bit of colour with crayons but I feel that this is best left as a linear study.
I've
used this Rotring Art Pen a lot recently. It's years old but it's the
only drawing implement that I feel I can easily get to do what I want
it to do. My newer pens of the same type don't run as sweetly. This old
pen is my equivalent of a violinist's favourite battered old Stradivarius.
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