À la recherche, 15

Watercolour and indian ink wash and brush markers in Canson Montval spiral-bound sketchbook. 

Fear of spring

To commemorate the first birthday of this blog... I might have chosen Emily Dickinson's poem 'A Light Exists in Spring' which speaks specifically of the light in early March, but instead

I dreaded that first Robin, so,
But He is mastered, now,
I'm accustomed to Him grown,
He hurts a little, though—

I thought If I could only live
Till that first Shout got by—
Not all Pianos in the Woods
Had power to mangle me—

I dared not meet the Daffodils—
For fear their Yellow Gown
Would pierce me with a fashion
So foreign to my own—

I wished the Grass would hurry—
So—when 'twas time to see—
He'd be too tall, the tallest one
Could stretch—to look at me—

I could not bear the Bees should come,
I wished they'd stay away
In those dim countries where they go,
What word had they, for me?

They're here, though; not a creature failed—
No Blossom stayed away
In gentle deference to me—
The Queen of Calvary—

Each one salutes me, as he goes,
And I, my childish Plumes,
Lift, in bereaved acknowledgment
Of their unthinking Drums—

                                 

                                                        Emily Dickinson   

À la recherche, 14

Watercolour wash, indian ink and brush marker in Windsor and Newton spiral bound sketchbook.

À la recherche, 13

Watercolour wash and brush marker in Windsor and Newton spiral bound sketchbook.

Business as usual

Clean (or: Spring Awakening)

Woman and dog

... in this green and pleasant land.

Drawn to Lisbon

Press release of Urban Sketchers Symposium, to take place in Lisbon 21-23 July 2011.

À la recherche, 12

Watercolour wash and brush marker on in Canson Montval spiral-bound sketchbook.

À la recherche, 11

Watercolour wash, indian ink and brush marker in Canson Montval spiral bound sketchbook. 

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