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Monday, March 17, 2014

Poinciana tree, Parks and Gardens, by Elaine (jaguarish)

I recently did a quick walk around the neighborhood with my daughter and sketched a few things.  Amusingly while sitting discreetly on our picnic blanket, we had a telephone repair crew ask us if we were sitting on the local connection box, and we had to lift our blanket to prove that we weren't.

I thought this sketch fit the Parks and Gardens theme...


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Location: Brisbane QLD, Australia

12 comments:

  1. Joan TavolottMarch 17, 2014 at 5:50 PM

    I love the texture on the tree trunk! Lovely sketch and funny story.

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  2. Penny Lee StewArtMarch 17, 2014 at 6:06 PM

    Me, too. I love the tree bark texture.

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  3. Lynn CohenMarch 17, 2014 at 7:21 PM

    Such a lovely tree! Love your lines!!!!

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  4. Cris, Oregon ArtistMarch 17, 2014 at 7:42 PM

    That is a gorgeous tree sketch. so different and so story bookish.. :)

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  5. FranMarch 17, 2014 at 7:57 PM

    Lovely tree.

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  6. Arnoldo L. Romero, MLAMarch 17, 2014 at 8:16 PM

    I love this!

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  7. UnknownMarch 17, 2014 at 8:19 PM

    Elaine, I really love your lines and the motion of your drawing/painting here!

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  8. JezMarch 17, 2014 at 11:05 PM

    I love your very expressive tree, and your line work gives it character and age. I don't know a poinsiana tree, so I shall look it up. The red blossoms really add zing to the image.

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  9. ElisaMarch 17, 2014 at 11:27 PM

    What a beautiful tree Elaine! i like red flowers!

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  10. SirkkaMarch 18, 2014 at 1:29 AM

    It is a very impressive tree you have created Elaine! Lovely story too.

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  11. Rob KulasMarch 18, 2014 at 9:44 AM

    Great looking tree Elaine!

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  12. jaguarishMarch 23, 2014 at 9:08 PM

    Thanks everyone -- the poinciana tree seems almost like the perfect tree to me -- wide spreading canopy without any "danglers" below head height, and beautiful flowers! According to Gardening Australia: "If asked to name a single tree that's helped shape the character of Brisbane, it would be the magnificent poinciana Delonix regia. In years gone by it was traditionally planted as a street tree and now enhances a lot of the city’s older suburbs. The poinciana is native to Madagascar, and in Brisbane the bright orange flowers herald the coming of summer. They also signal the start of the storm season." You can read more about it here: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1755977.htm

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