One single rose in January

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Beautiful Mia, I have a couple of these bare roses in the garden they have flowered through the frost and snow.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 21 Jan 14:26:13

Beautiful simply stated image, Mia

Posted by Thalia Stones on Mon 21 Jan 14:40:25

Lovely sketch, Mia.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 21 Jan 15:45:56

Thank you very much Carole, Thalia and Cesare. Much appreciated.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Mon 21 Jan 16:06:47

This is lovely Mia, so delicate

Posted by Ann Hunt on Mon 21 Jan 16:45:13

Beautiful, Mia - and especially lovely to find a rose at this time of the year.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Mon 21 Jan 16:56:25

Lovely pen work Mia, with just enough delicate wash.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Mon 21 Jan 17:07:22

This rose will last forever.Lovely sketch, Mia.

Posted by Annick Whitcombe on Mon 21 Jan 18:17:20

Very simple and elegant Mia,

Posted by Carole Kelly on Mon 21 Jan 18:18:48

How gorgeous this looks Mia, just beautiful!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Mon 21 Jan 18:47:45

An absolute beauty in it’s simplicity Mia!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Mon 21 Jan 18:53:56

A rose in winter, how lovely this is!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Mon 21 Jan 19:14:51

Thank you all so very much for your encouraging and lovely comments.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Mon 21 Jan 21:37:13

This is so elegant in its simplicity! What a treasure to find!

Posted by Jenny Moed-Korpela on Tue 22 Jan 02:56:18

So simple and beautiful Mia.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Tue 22 Jan 06:30:09

Thank you very much Jenny and Barry.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Tue 22 Jan 08:14:12

That's a beautiful sketch Mia, just what a single rose bud looks like in the middle of winter, 😀

Posted by Linda Drury on Tue 22 Jan 10:07:26

Beautiful, Mia.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Tue 22 Jan 10:45:45

Many thanks Linda and Ellen for taking the time to have a look and post a comment.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Tue 22 Jan 11:09:04

Lovely Mia.. I also have a tree with a rose and a bud. So lovely to see this time of year :))

Posted by Rachel Mansell on Tue 22 Jan 13:54:10

Thank you very much for your nice comment, Rachel.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Tue 22 Jan 14:13:36

Love the exquisite linework, Mia. Just gorgeous!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 23 Jan 13:05:20

Many thanks Seok. I do appreciate!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Wed 23 Jan 18:28:13

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21/01/2019

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Yesterday, I discovered this one single rose in my garden. No leaves, just bare branches and then, this beauty. I had to make a sketch of it. ArtPen filled with Quink Ink, no pencil drawing. Size A4. Al comments are very welcome :)

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Mia Ketels

I live in Blankenberge on the Belgian Coast, about 15km from Bruges. After being trained as an art teacher in the 60ties, I started teaching for a few years. Then I had my carreer in a school administration. After retirement, I started drawing and painting again. I bought a lot of English books…

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