Purple dead-nettle
In my garden, against the conservatory-wall, I saw this beautiful little plant. Looking it up on the internet, it seemed to be purple dead-nettle. I couldn't resist taking my cartridge sketching book and make a 30 min. sketch of it. Using no pencil but straight in with the Stabilo point 88 marker. Then I gave it a wash with clear water. All comments very welcome. Thanks for having a look :) Mia
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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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