Each time of year has its colours, one of the colours of springtime is lilac.
Lilac bushes in abundance, wisteria and iris’s too, along with the reds and pinks of the roses.
All growing wild in the hedgerows or climbing up the village houses.
It’s really a joy to have all these close at hand to paint.
Ladakh to New Delhi via Kargil and Srinagar.
An incredible and sometimes hair raising journey from the high mountains of Ladakh over pass’s of 5,000 meters, down to the beautiful Dal lake in Cashmere and then to New Delhi. Sketching all the way!
August, September 2022.
Leh, Ladakh.
Some of the pages from my sketchbook, in and around Leh in Ladakh.
A wonderful and peaceful region to sketch, predominately Buddhist, with incredible perched monasteries and fields full of Stupas and Chortens.
All surrounded by hugely impressive high mountains with gardens and valleys full of flowers.
Because of the altitude the colours appear so pure and bright, such a fabulous place to visit.
Just before moving onto a different subject, two more sketchbook pages involving flowers.
These pages were done following the yearly flower market in Barcelonnette, such a riot of colours , impossible to resist.
Spring flowers, I just can’t resist them.
Dipladenia, fuchsia, scented garden roses, lilac, all there waiting for me to paint them!
Susan Knapp Sketches 