Magnolia Blossoms

 It is hard for me to pass up magnolia blossoms without painting them. This was done at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.

Pink Has It

 As you can see, I am partial to these pink magnolias. This was done at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum last week. I used Strathmore toned tan paper for this. Soon the trees will have lost their blossoms. There is so much spring green around right now.

Yellow Magnolia

Usually when we think of magnolia trees we visualize the pink and white blossoms. This year I found a few yellow magnolia trees. This one was in Bayport. They are pretty but I still think I prefer the pink ones. They look more delicate for some reason. Which do you prefer?

Magnolia Blossoms

The other day I went to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. The magnolias there had just started to bloom. I took my painting chair and sat down near the lowest blossoms and sketched one branch coming down from the right and another from the left. I met quite a few people who were visiting the arboretum and stopped at a social distance to chat along their path. It was a really nice day. 

Cherry Blossoms

In addition to weekend sketch events the NYC Urban sketchers has come up with a weekly theme. For this week it is cherry blossoms. I have to admit that I don't know one pink blooming tree from another, although I do recognize magnolia trees. I did check on the internet for some hints but that wasn't too helpful. This pink tree, which may be a cherry blossom tree, is right around the corner from me. I used to walk that route every morning. To do this small painting I sat in my mobile studio one house away. I did expect someone to come over and ask what I was doing, but I guess they kept their social distance.

Spring Blossoms

The other day I decided to so a page of some of the beautiful blooms that are coming up right now. I used a grey page in my toned Stillman & Birn sketchbook doing just a small snippet of what I saw in various local places.

Magnolias

I kept looking until I found a magnolia tree with blossoms in West Sayville. Luckily I found this one last week before our rain and wind today. I think any blossoms that were left would have been forced off the tree.

In Bloom

Last week I stopped at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Oakdale. It felt like spring and was warm enough to be out of my car sketching. I looked for a magnolia tree in bloom, but the one that I could find only had buds. I'll have to go back and see if it is blooming yet, but by the time I get there it will probably be too late. lol

The arboretum does a wonderful job with tulips, but there weren't too many that were opened yet.

Tracy is having fun if you want to visit.

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Magnolia

Magnolia blossoms here this year have been very scarce. I saw these on the property of a local apartment complex and sat down there for a while. 

Every Day in May

Day 4 - a game

Day 5 - something seen at a park - the little kids were getting ready for their game.

Magnolias

After painting the small square magnolia the other day I wanted to go back and paint a larger version. This was done at Clark Botanic Gardens in Albertson. It is about 5 1/2 x 15.

Since today is the last day of the month my fake journal, "Floral Fantasy" has come to an end. You can check out the last sketches and post here.

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Magnolias

This week I went to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Oakdale. The magnolias looked so good I had to sketch them. This is about 5 x 5.

Check out today's post at "Floral Fantasy" my fake blog.

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