At this time, when we anxiously await the coming spring and the warmth that comes with it, the strongest bulbs are already coming out of the ground. With their fresh colors and simple simplicity, I find this a wonderful omen for spring and that is why I created this one-line drawing of the crocus.
The simplicity of just this flower suits this form of line drawing extremely well, by drawing the shape in one smooth line, without taking the 'pen' off the drawing surface a minimalist modern image appears.
I am always fascinated by nature and that flora in particular. the diversity, the beauty, the power.
I look at nature, flowers and plants and all the beauty Mother Earth has to offer us. I live it, experience it, feel it and that moves me.
I see the strength and the vulnerability, the wonder and the beauty and all this gives peace, warmth, love.
We should cherish and love this. Nature can do very well without man, we cannot do without nature!
Has it ever been different?
I was always drawing ー as early as primary school, the margin of my notebooks was full of scribbles that didn't have much to do with what was supposed to be there. A lot of nature, especially flora.
The older I got, ..
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