Hollyhock

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Lovely sketch Mia , I like the simplicity of it , I agree hollyhock is a beautiful flower .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 26 Aug 13:17:24

It's a lovely drawing Mia.

Posted by Denise Cat on Thu 26 Aug 14:15:03

Fabulous sketch Mia, lovely lines

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 26 Aug 14:29:54

I always think of country cottage gardens with hollyhocks, lovely fine-point drawing Mia.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 26 Aug 14:40:37

Absolutely fabulous, Mia! I always love your tonal work and your excellent use of lines. A gorgeous piece!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Thu 26 Aug 15:17:09

Beautiful drawing Mia, love how you described the center.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 26 Aug 16:06:56

A superb sketch!

Posted by David Stevens on Thu 26 Aug 16:15:27

Simplicity at its best

Posted by Glennis Weston on Thu 26 Aug 16:17:02

Nice one Mia

Posted by Stevan Petrovic on Thu 26 Aug 16:23:49

Thank you all very much for your positive comments. Highly appreciated!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Thu 26 Aug 16:49:51

A lovely, delicate, well observed drawing Mia!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Thu 26 Aug 17:07:38

Hollyhock, instantly identifiable. I love hollyhocks especially if people grow a huge number ie they are a forest!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 26 Aug 17:54:17

A delight as always Mia…..beauty in simplicity.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 26 Aug 18:10:25

Thank you so much Louise, Gudrun and Fiona. Your comments are always very appreciated.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Thu 26 Aug 21:03:46

Lovely work Mia!

Posted by Diane Boswell on Thu 26 Aug 21:55:55

Thank you very much Diane.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Fri 27 Aug 08:07:06

More great sketching Mia. Simple and very effective.

Posted by Richard Cooper on Fri 27 Aug 08:37:31

Thank you so much, Richard.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Fri 27 Aug 15:01:55

So pretty

Posted by Romila Datta on Sun 29 Aug 14:18:33

Thank you very much, Romila.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Sun 29 Aug 15:20:25

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26/08/2021

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A pen and ink drawing, starting immediately in ink of one of my favourite flowers in the garden. I used a lightfast Unipen marker 0,8 and Staedler 0,1 for the detail lines. All comments are very welcome :) 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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