Peony Profusion

So I went ahead and made a drawing whilst having my tea. A happy solution. My goal was to keep it simple. Kind of difficult with this subject matter. What was I thinking?

If you stand REALLY far back, they begin to look like peonies.

Sketchcrawl With Sketchy Friends

Six new sketchy friends met at the Met to draw and chat.

We drew a little, chatted a lot and had a lovely lunch in Central Park on the first warm day of this (post winter?) season.

Here  is my second drawing 

from the special exhibition: Drawings From the Collection of Jean Bonna

It seems a bit odd to make a drawing from a drawing. I am not accustomed to copying the style of another artist. As it turns out I needed to finish up this sketch at home where I added my own information in the shading. After all, the original is done in a bright pink gouache and only pencils are allowed to be used in the galleries at the Metropolitan.