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Sunday 12 April 2009

Sketches




Happy Easter to anyone who may pop in and visit my blog and a big thank you for your kind comments.
Thank you also for some recent tags, sorry I have been a bit slow on the uptake.
I will try and do them this week as I am on holiday...at home.

We have been visiting family the last few days and I did manage to do some sketching so here they are.
I have used a mixture of paint, oil pastels and soft pastels in these drawings.
The tree drawing is from my imagination and the lavender field is inspired by an old post card with some added trees.
I can completely loose all track of time when I'm painting, my husband thinks I am in a trance like state, almost like I have been hypnotised.
I hope to have some more stitching to show you this week, but now it's back to eating chocolate!


20 comments:

Jackie said...

I can just imagine your next piece. I said so on flickr.
Not too much choc now! (I feel a bit sick as I write this..I've over indulged!)

connie said...

Enjoy your chocolates... I love the lavender fields. The texture of your paintings is lovely.

Helen said...

Happy Easter to you too Kayla. Thanks for your recent comments. Love this new work of yours. It has vitality

Alexandra said...

Love your sketches hope you have had a great weekend! xx

Lynn Cohen said...

Beautiful sketches and I can see right where the stitches will surely go. Of course you are in trance when you create, it is from there it all comes. couldn't do it otherwise.

Anonymous said...

Lovely sketches! You manage to get so much life and movement in them. Am sure the chocolate helps . I must eat more chocolate!

Anonymous said...

Love your sketches. So much life and movement. The chocolate must help I am sure. I must try eating more chocolate!

Kitty said...

Your paintings are as lovely as your stitchings. Happy Easter to you and your family. x

Heloise said...

Happy Easter to you too. Absolutely beautiful pictures.
I just wondered if you had been to the lavender fields near Snowshill in the Cotswold. I keep on meaning to go.

Gina said...

Love your sketches. Happy Easter.

Guzzisue said...

tough choice stitchin/chocolate........................................mmmm chocolate wins :-)

LOVE STITCHING RED said...

Your sketches are really wonderful Michala, hope you are enjoying your Ester weekend and your week ahead, Carolyn :o)

Anonymous said...

It is easy to tell that you are very passionate about yout paintings and drawing as you are about your embroidery. I really enjoy looking at them and imagining how the layers of different media came one upon the other...Lovely
XX

Kim said...

Kayla you always stun me with the beauty of your work. The colors simply glow and the landscape is so clear I can smell the lavender and hear the wind in the leaves... wasn't that a bee I heard?

Cathy Cullis said...

Beautiful work, I always enjoy getting the chance to see your blog and feel you really enjoy the creativity and colour. Hope you had a good Easter x

Melody said...

Love your sketches. They are so vibrant and full of life. Beautiful!

The WestCountryBuddha said...

...and folks, these pictures look every bit as good in real life!! Lovely to see you today Kayla coo, and all your gorgeous work...fabulous colours!

sarah in the woods said...

These are so beautiful, as always. I'm not sure if you wanted to enter my giveaway. I think the post I did today was too vague. Sorry. Anyway, if you wanted to enter, here's the link:
http://theforestroom.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-birthday-giveaway.html

Victoria said...

Love seeing your sketches, you are so talented!

Zoya said...

I really love the soft pastels - should get some to try myself. Beautiful sketches