Pansy Pair Kids T-Shirt

A pair of pansies rendered in graphite pencil drawing, as a study for a floral painting to come. I started it as just a sketch to get an idea of the shapes and shadows, but as it progressed I just kept adding details until I reached the point where I feel anything more would be too much.

I often joke that I learned to draw and paint because it is easier and quicker for me than getting a good photograph. I do still make the attempt to use my camera more effectively from time to time, but I have more natural aptitude to using a pencil or paint. Often what few photographs I am satisfied with become reference for my artwork. I work with charcoal, soft pastels, oil pastels, watercolor, acrylic, and am learning oil painting. I tend towards more realistic, although I have dabbled in impressionism when the fancy strikes. I live at the dead end of a dirt road in rural Florida with my husband and a yardful of critters, while the local deer and wild turkeys eat my annual efforts at gardening.