I’m a quarter way through the Let’s Botanize prompts. I decided to respond to this one more illustratively than nature journally.
roses and tulips and lilac, oh my!
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Angry Chickz
It supposedly serves “Nashville Hot Chicken”. But there are no stores in Tennessee, which makes me wonder how Nashvillians would rate the fare.
tempera, again
More ‘kindergarten’ art.
skullduggery
petal veins
Petals and sepals, the flower’s outermost parts, are usually the most leaflike. They’re often broad and flat, and many sepals are green enough to photosynthesize, even containing stomata. As flowers evolved, petals became specialized to attract pollinators. Today, most petals have little to no chlorophyll and instead rely on many other pigments for their color.
tempera
Playing with a kids’ art supply: tempera paint sticks.
hand blown
I’m really happy with the drinking glasses I made at Moonlight Glass last week. I made them deliberately wonky; I wanted an irregular outer surface so there were places to rest the fingers.
road trip dreaming
Happy birthday to my ride or die.
ojai posers
A group of local artists met today for a relaxed two hours, with everyone taking turns to draw and pose. These are some of the 5 minute poses I sketched. Is it still called life drawing if we’re clothed?
distorted
A foreshortened hour spent with Danny Gregory and the Draw With Me gang.
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