I know it’s December and I should think about decking halls and trimming trees…but with that strange balmy weather for the longest time I felt that Fall had only just begun!
I just finished this drawing..my yearly Fall drawing ;o) So today still fall for me…
Tomorrow I will start thinking about Christmas.
A Nice Breeze
Autumnal Blis
And here my Fall drawings from past years too.
Have a great weekend!
Love and Liefs, Johanna
Ps proposal for book cover…
Very pretty!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thank you so much!
That’s a beautiful seasonal portrait! We didn’t have a spring – just a prolonged wet winter – but I am pleased to announce that December has arrived with a firm hand and claimed summer weather! Christmas is coming 🙂
Thank you so much! But for the life of me, I cannot imagine Christmas in the summer! Can you imagine it in wintertime, i wonder?
I lived in the UK for a few years and experienced Winter Christmases, Spring Easters and Autumnal Birthdays – all of which were enjoyable but just didn’t feel right in my soul. It’s intriguing isn’t it – what we get used to and recognise as ‘the right way’.
That is fascinating indeed! Thank you for explaining!
You are a very talented young lady..:)
Thank you so much!…and it is quite a while since I was called young lady, I do have grown up sons ;o)
Your art shows that you are young at heart..:)
Thanks!
All these drawings are fantastic! Cannot choose a favorite. The window? The old lady in the boat? I love them all 🙂
What a great comment, it makes me very happy!!!
If I had your skills, I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night thinking up things to draw. 🙂 The leaves blowing in the window reminded me of when we’d open our garage door and they’d come rolling in. Happy decorating. I brought a little less down this year, but I’m enjoying the lights and decorations especially on these dreary days and when nightfall comes at 4:30 p.m.
Thank you so much! But if I had your talents my garden was perfect and I would sleep under beautiful quilts…again, we should really be neighbors! xo Johanna
So lovely, Johanna! You always share so much JOY in your art!! 🎨💕🌟😊
Thank you so much Jill! xoxo
These are all lovely drawings Johanna. My favorite is the woman opening the window and the leaves blowing in. I like that you can’t see the woman’s face which adds to the mystery.
That is a very lovely compliment, I always love it when people something in my art that I put in there unintentionally. xo
Fall doesn’t want to go away this year. Leaves blow around just like that picture when Mom and I are outside. Great picture!
Do you, run around in crazy happiness like Charley does when leaves are blowing around her head? I bet, you are more ladylike! xo
It’s fun to see how different, and similar, your drawings are over the years! You really capture the blustery, refreshing nature of the season. And I will be interested to see how the “three questions” drawing evolves. Now, go get into the mood for Christmas!
Yes ma’m! Mr. walker and I hung up outside lights and Christmas trees. We were very happy looking at the glowing lights. We walk late in the evening nowadays and enjoy all the houses and gardens done up so prettily. Inside, I will wait a little longer. The Walker Boys come home on Boxing days and I will keep the house festive until after New Year!
Oh, and can you email me your address, to kerrycan2[at]gmail.com? I have something to send to you . . . .
I did! and now I am going outside, sitting by the mailbox and waiting for the mailman…
Got it! Don’t sit outside and freeze–Ill let you know when it’s been mailed! 😉
OK!
Lovely drawings, I definitely get that blustery feeling from them! 🙂
That’s a good thing, right? Thank you so much!
Yes, a very good thing! 🙂
From your sketches it looks like you had a windy Fall.
Have a great weekend,
Pit
Thanks Pit, I hope yours was great too!
It was, even if we had quite a bit of (good and welcome) rain. We also had a nice fire going, and the Christmas parade [http://tinyurl.com/hoxol98]. Generally, it was quiet and relaxing.
Have a wonderful week,
Pit
Beautiful blustery autumn sketches! You are so talented Johanna! We had a long warm autumn too and I didn’t want it to end! Have a lovely weekend! xo
I am glad you had a great autumn but I was really ready for cold, cold weather ;o)
Beautiful: your joy in the season and your contemplation of it. Some seasons are hard to let go, aren’t they? 🙂
Especially after such a long hot summer! Fall was just too short. I am happy you liked it all so much! xo
What a nice tradition to do an autumn drawing every year. It was fun to see the ones from previous years, too. Wonderful! Xo
Thank you so much!
Your fall drawings make me long for fall again. They are delightful and fun. So much whimsy. I like the book cover. It makes me wonder what the questions are.
Thank you so much, Marlene!
I am also very curious about the three questions. As usual I love your drawings; hooray to you for prolonging “fall” – my favourite season 🙂
I guess you are rolling into summer now…man i was so happy ours finally ended ;o) I was not ready to give up on Fall yet ;o)
Your drawing is so charming! My thoughts have been the same. Impossible to consider Christmas when it is so warm still! (Although it has started to snow this very minute, here!) And I love the book cover!
Thank you so much Mellisa! And send some snow towards Ohio please!
You can have it all! 🙂
Very lovely! A perfect way of finishing fall! Hopefully you received a bit of the snow storm that blew by this weekend…it’s looking a bit like Christmas! Looking forward to seeing your winter drawings!
Dear Cathe, so happy to see you here again!!! Yes, send some snow towards here..but not on Boxing Day: the Walker boys are flying form Canada to Cincinnati that day!
t’s definitely still fall. My husband reminded me of this last night. Winter doesn’t officially begin until later this month — even though our weather is feeling very wintry right now! Loved your fall drawings. Thank you for sharing them. Fall will always be my favorite time of year.
Kindred spirits!!! And I think after that long hot summer, i was just not ready to let fall go already ;o) And thank you os much for your kind words! xo
They’re all wonderful!
Thank you so much!
Lovely autumn picture, and I know just what you mean. In Maine, it feels as though we are a month behind in the seasons. Today, when I brought in the dog, I told Clif it felt just like November.
Exactly..I feel a month behind. My inner clockwork so to speak feels out of sinc. But we are taking the boxes out of Christmas decor and my boys are coming soon too…so things are getting back to balance!
December is such a lovely month!
Beautiful! Love your first sketch with the windows open and autumn leaves blowing in.
Thank you!!!
Yes, I agree with everyone else! Wonderful vibrant and whimsical sketches. Can’t wait for your Christmas efforts! 🎄🙋
Thank you J!
I love your Fall Season drawings they are so cute and beautiful all of them! What is your plan every year? Do you plan seasonal drawings? Just curious I like your way! 😉 ❤
Thank you! I am not sure that I really plan, but I do live by the seasons, so to speak and so I end up drawing seasonal illustrations. xo
Johanna, I adore this. I’ve been absent from WP for a couple weeks and you probably did not see my post from Thanksgiving, but it is my favorite holiday of the year, and fall is my favorite season. Even today, on December 10th, I still have my Thanksgiving table decorations out.
Your drawing warms my heart. Do you sell your drawings?
https://lifeonthebikeandotherfabthings.com/2016/11/26/the-best/
Thanks Laurie, and yes, I did see your fab Thanksgiving table! And yes, I do sell my work and take on commissions as well. xo Johanna
I love these drawings! I am never really ready for Christmas season. Fall and spring are my two favorites, and they don’t last long where I live.
Well, I do love Christmas but my seasonal clock was a bit confused its that along hot summer ;o) I am happy, you love the drawings!
They are delightful 😀
Lovely!!
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I know fall is spectacular for its multi-color show, but I think it’s even more brilliant when an entire tree is monochromatic, like your red sketch of flying leaves. Happy sketching.