Sunday, April 27, 2014

Flowering Quince

This flowering quince was an Easter gift from my folks.  It has a gorgeous coral color.  Later there will be fruit that can be used for jelly.   Hmm not only a beautiful plant but one that bears something sweet as well.

Are not those blossoms just begging to be painted?  What do you think?


Speaking of painting I just could not resist gathering a few of these pansies.











 They make such pretty subjects.   Ones I never tire of capturing in a sketch.

It was so nice of you to take a moment to visit.   Hope you have a lovely week.

28 comments:

  1. Many years ago one of my school parents dropped off a quince from one she divided. It is a spring favorite. Enjoy! I always love seeing your sketches. Have a grand week. Bonnie

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  2. Hi Debbie,
    Of all the plants and flowers I am familiar with, quince is new to me.. How pretty it is, and what a thoughtful gift.
    What a beautiful watercolor of the pansies! I just love your artwork.
    Enjoy your week,
    fondly,
    Penny.

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  3. I love Quince and pansies. Your photo is lovely but not as beautiful as your artwork. It has a wonderful sensitivity which beats a photo anytime.

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  4. Very pretty! I especially love the vibrant red of the Quince. Your sketches show careful observation and I love your colors!

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  5. Very beautiful! Our quince (both a red and peach) are about done flowering and we are heading toward summer heat. It's such a pleasure to have a prolonged spring through your beautiful images and words!

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  6. The quince plant is beautiful! I have never seen one before and what a bang for your buck (flowers and fruit)! Love your pansy paintings; how gorgeous they would be framed!

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  7. Thank you Debbie for your most welcome visit and kind words.. I am so happy you enjoyed viewing Bernard.
    blessings,
    Penny

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  8. Pretty flowers and, as always, you capture them well with your paintbrush.

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  9. Lovely pansies in the painting and IRL! Love the quince plant...what a marvelous color. I don't think I've seen a quince plant before or tasted quince. Enjoy the rest of the day. Rain is headed this way for the next few days. I guess we need it.

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  10. I've said it before, but it bears repeating: you have a wonderful knack for flower painting. Yours always look so delicate and soft, just like the real thing

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  11. My grandmother always made marmalade from the Quince , not very common anymore I think, but delicious! Your watercolor is so pretty, you really know how to paint flowers, always so delicate and soft . I think I just repeated what Jeri said !

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  12. Such a colorful plant! I 've never seen it around here. Looks beautiful

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  13. Sorry I didn't have time to finish! Where was I? Oh yes, I can smell your pansies from here. Your drawing is excellent. Have a fruitful week Debbie! xx

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  14. Beautiful painting dear-you are so very talented! Hope you got my long email a week ago...

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  15. thanks for sharing your quince - and your watercolors are really lovely!

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  16. Beautiful flowers--I love pansies, and we can grow them in Florida! At least in the cooler months. Lovely sketches, too.

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  17. ...gorgeous work on the pansies, there are some stunners about at the mo, was looking at some pale blue ones at a friends house yesterday, they had really dark blue centers with white splashes, I meant to take a photo, but got distracted by their cheeky Jack Russel, insisting on play, then it rained, and I forgot all about them, doh!... love the quince too, very different to our big tree quinces, I make quince and cardamom jelly, very yummy, don't know if cardamoms would work with this sort of quince, but could always give it a try. Happy days... :-D

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  18. Love the beautiful flowers - but have to say that cheerful, funny frog made me laugh :) And what wonderful watercolor "sketches", too!

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  19. That flowering quince is so pretty! I love your sketch of pansies; they're one of my favorite subjects, too. Those ruffled petals with all the folds, twists and turns...

    Blessings,

    Victoria

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  20. I love your display of spring flowers on your blog! Love your pansy sketches!

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  21. Absolutely gorgeous, visions of springtime!

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  22. The quince is gorgeous, such color! Your spring flowers are gorgeous, still waiting for most of ours, so much rain and cold here still!

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  23. Those paintings in your sketchbook look fantastic! You have a green thumb in two ways, both in growing the beautiful blooms and in portraying them on paper!

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  24. Your paintings are just beautiful! Your flowers make me so happy. Thank you.

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  25. Beautiful painting. Quince with a bed of violets under and nearby look lovely.

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  26. I love your paints and sketches, and this one is no exception. So sorry I have missed your posts and I honestly don't know why! :( I will see if I can fix this.

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  27. The flowers are stunning - I didn't know the quince had such vibrant flowers. Your painting is gorgeous - you've really done justice to your pansies!

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  28. Thank you so much for visiting my blog.
    Your sketches of pansies look beautiful. Pansies are not easy to paint. You capture very well their colors.
    Have a nice day.
    Here, in the region of Paris, it has rained and rained and it is not warm.
    Merci encore

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