by jenny.monds | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today a pumpkin – one of the signals that autumn is near. This was a rather splendid specimen from a friend’s garden. Apparently pumpkins are one of the earliest domesticated plants. Cinderella’s fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a carriage. This...
by jenny.monds | Sep 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
A little collage today. We are in a pandemic, it’s been raining and it’s getting colder. I thought we needed a little encouragement.
by jenny.monds | Aug 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
I love the delicate silver birch. We are lucky enough to have these in our garden to enjoy. I’ve only just realised that giving someone the birch, ie a beating, was so called because the punishment was inflicted with birch rods. A more benign use was to make the...
by jenny.monds | Aug 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is the most amazing cactus, given to me as a Christmas present 18 months ago. The ‘flower’, if that’s what it is, hasn’t changed at all in that time. Drawing its folds was almost like drawing stiffened fabric creased in the hand and let go, somehow...
by jenny.monds | Aug 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Feeling sentimental today. On what would have been my mother’s 97th birthday, I’ve drawn her grandmother’s bowl, with its faded cherries and patchy gold rim. It’s one of the oldest things I own. Drawn with an overhead light and strong...
