Draw Botanical LLC | Eileen Calvanese | Activity https://drawbotanical.com/members/eileen/activity/ Activity feed for Eileen Calvanese. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:24:49 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.5.2 en-US 30 hourly 2 11f61c44a9673e337d8f1c6053bc6785 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/13649/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:47:53 -0500 another beauty! I love the color of the berries against the leaves

]]> 0 190382eaec82b78c9af5066ff2643692 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/13647/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:45:55 -0500 so real looking! Beautiful

]]> 0 2dff6690a90a5ca5a58a85e13d07e3cf Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/13585/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:44:24 -0500 WOW, beautiful!

]]> 0 e651e70cddfc53649452972bd2b695ba Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/13583/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:43:30 -0500 lovely!

]]> 0 df422e79f842d741d8543f74e25b66f0 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12613/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:31:33 -0400 Thank you Wendy,Vern Susanlora and Carol. This is the only one out of 5 lilies that survived. I think a rabbit found them nice,too. This one was lodged over so I cut it and decided to try drawing it. Next year I will have to protect them!

]]> 0 945dc6aab60926b23a8683cd7f94580d Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12516/ Wed, 11 Jul 2018 21:30:06 -0400 thank you Wendy and Vern. I am planning on adding the bulb in the right lower corner, and thinking of some petals on the lower left . My new laptop was not compatible with the photoshop version I had, so until I can update I will have to take a photo instead.

]]> 0 c2e5c105317ee1816e544efebc5fbc63 Eileen Calvanese posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12460/#acomment-12471 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 23:52:16 -0400 thanks. not sure what publisher is, but I will research

In reply to - Dee Tracy commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board I love the leaves, too! I\'m not sure if this would work with your scanner but I have scanned two halves and merged them together afterwards on my computer. ]]> 0a7f550e50be34ebad8be612ae7151db Eileen Calvanese posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12460/#acomment-12466 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 10:24:46 -0400 Thanks, Dee. I’ll play around with it and see, although figuring out how to do that will be a feat for me!

In reply to - Dee Tracy commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board I love the leaves, too! I\'m not sure if this would work with your scanner but I have scanned two halves and merged them together afterwards on my computer. ]]> 93a3650732001675864880dd4f1228fa Eileen Calvanese posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12454/#acomment-12465 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 10:22:21 -0400 thank you! It still needs some more layers of color I think, the white of the paper still showing through

In reply to - Pgthompson commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board This is beautiful. I love the whorled leaves. ]]> 011f2385879f8c5cbd8ff26106b91c95 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12241/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:51:28 -0400
Hi Dee, it looks like it is crown vetch, very nice!
    ]]>     0     9a5987b59d37ef1406f63ecce30e91f7 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12134/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:56:39 -0400
    wow Sheila – this is beautifully drawn. so inspiring!
      ]]>       0       5efc1279a71ded5af148df8410ff2d90 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12104/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:41:10 -0400 I think you’ve got it! I have been looking at the blue columbines in my garden thinking I should give it a go before they are gone….so pretty

      ]]>       0       e7b4315071a3989e78f8d3318cb97fa5 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12086/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:42:30 -0400 beautiful rendering – The flowers and leaves are perfect!

      ]]>       0       3215a2603cf21a7c03fb28f4eb99b3cb Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12075/ Wed, 06 Jun 2018 23:57:36 -0400 thanks, Vern. I’m still working on it. I did more work on the bulb itself and want to go back to the bulb on the far right , that’s if I can locate one anymore and dig it up!

      ]]>       0       f928995e60236dcb246ad80edae1b2b7 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/12024/ Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:22:42 -0400 beautiful!

      ]]>       0       a9ff654261f0ce903148220b441aca96 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/11953/ Sun, 03 Jun 2018 11:49:02 -0400 thank you , Carol. It was fun building on it as new bulbs came into flower.

      ]]>       0       af06b22f9046c399da10f86e0e48b63d Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/11511/ Tue, 15 May 2018 22:36:40 -0400 this is so beautifully drawn, I can see why you wouldn’t want to tear it apart before drawing the parts!

      ]]>       0       6bf5215fe134ad6243a1a1fa56c2599f Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/11311/ Mon, 07 May 2018 10:45:24 -0400 wow Sarah! what a fantastic drawing of the growth habit! I like addition of the person for scale!

      ]]>       0       5ed9551a04bd1b94f4c1cf27a13b6041 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/11309/ Mon, 07 May 2018 10:42:21 -0400 this is lo

      this is really beautiful. I love how you rendered the curvy leaf margins

      ]]>       0       a40f586c04c745e103c85f886c3ed2a5 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/10987/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:21:08 -0400
      thank you, Carol!
        ]]>         0         ba9459983cea1b806150de852ccb3030 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/10804/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:01:04 -0400 these are beautiful, Lise

        ]]>         0         a3715cd31ff4ed2c1c9f5e38c98b4237 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/10672/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:02:19 -0400 The heart shapes are the flowers. There is one seed, the one closest to the stem.

        ]]>         0         3e4870c094cadd3c0959827fd8a5c17b Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/10635/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:00:53 -0400 no, still snow covered here in the catskills! no signs of spring : ( This is a drawing from one of my first botanical drawing classes I took 15 years ago -it’s a copy of the original.

        ]]>         0         6a1682cbf5534d3bec3bead9ece55b8a Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/10249/ Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:42:48 -0500
        beautiful, Donna!
          ]]>           0           c3f61c81d6fed27c10d31190f1a78c0a Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/10019/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:31:14 -0500
          Thanks, it is supposed to be a birds nest ! It wasn’t in the one I took a picture of, but I saw one in another wild rose .
            ]]>             0             fa547ddd588101bfa3526460b090433a Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/10017/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:29:14 -0500
            Thanks, Sheila!
              ]]>               0               671587fe38e01fdfdc42dc1800820e32 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9972/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:28:22 -0500 wow, Sheila! this is wonderful!

              ]]>               0               f410d457d26824fbe207e0276470fb32 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9970/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:27:46 -0500 love the seeds scattered about – beautiful drawing

              ]]>               0               f206f2e6599bca07124f2404bb73d7f6 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9968/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:26:57 -0500 beautiful ,Theresa.

              ]]>               0               ef9a075dd2e72d88d61828251fe8dcab Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9965/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:23:15 -0500
              made the ground shadow darker – it was there but too light for the scan to pick up
              also reposting the reposting rose habit – darker again! : )
                ]]>                 0                 7c1b3c1312aab20744ed697216a1233b Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9860/ Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:16:11 -0500 Thank you Lise,Nancy and Susanlora , for all your words of encouragement!

                ]]>                 0                 4d972da45666f723721b5fbd3573e5f2 Eileen Calvanese posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9805/#acomment-9814 Sat, 03 Feb 2018 13:05:12 -0500 Thanks, Carol. So many names for Amelanchier, I could use a whole page to write them! This one is a garden variety named ‘Prince William’ . Love ‘ Saskatoon Bush’ , I will have to add it to the list!

                In reply to - Carol Burke commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board Love the Amelanchier ! Memories of my home on the Prairies picking its berries ( it is called a Saskatoon bush out there😀) A beautiful tree in the spring with its frothy white flowers against grey branches and trunk. I love this tree and can’t wait to see yours develop! ]]>                                 11961ff5dc109885be1c2413ee55f67b Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9803/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:23:03 -0500 Thank you, Lise.. I hope I catch the flowering and beat the birds to the fruit in June!

                ]]>                 0                 4760205d8dee9dea4826d71372dd3985 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9761/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:10:29 -0500
                thank you both. I’m really enjoying the sketchbook idea, and keep looking for more to do!
                  ]]>                   0                   aeb2d3a9753e2bef23efc0226bae8b46 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9759/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:07:34 -0500
                  yes, I think I need to add more of a reddish color – The photo I have isn’t the best , but will post it next time after I work on it more.
                    ]]>                     0                     c6944e00a4e5d410b860c28c55a9e84d Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9688/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 10:21:11 -0500 Thanks Carol. Yes, it is a wild rose – Rosa eglantaria, ,Eglantine or Sweetbrier rose. It is growing on the edge of the woods where I live.

                    ]]>                     0                     184f3ee17c1817e2d1254273072dc2a2 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/9522/ Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:08:14 -0500 Thank you, Lise !

                    ]]>                     0                     214fce877869f19bfb3fada267eedfff Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/8333/ Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:19:50 -0500 WOW, Really beautiful ,Marci

                    ]]>                     0                     9a50b09a92441136e714cb343849236a Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/8331/ Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:18:20 -0500 beautiful, Sheila. I thought it was a photo of the real leaves and seeds, so realistic. I had to do a double take!

                    ]]>                     0                     23f2567f26269ad803358797b45fcd41 Eileen Calvanese posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/8118/#acomment-8119 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:53:45 -0500 Thanks ,Liz! I can’t seem to get that brightness that the osage orange has in the photo – any suggestions? I’m using mostly earth green and cadmium yellow lemon…..

                    In reply to - Liz W. commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board
                    Eileen I love the details in this - looking back at your photo it looks like you could still use more color.
                      ]]>                                             f790b4e262603ad60497ce06f6d7687b Eileen Calvanese posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/8018/#acomment-8057 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:07:57 -0500 Yes, it is an osage orange

                      In reply to - Wendy Hollender commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board Do you know what this is? Is it Osage Orange? Does it smell citrusy? ]]>                                             076464ce16bd374eb9badf739ad5a87e Eileen Calvanese posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/8052/#acomment-8056 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:07:16 -0500 I couldn’t resist it when I found it. It’s been a fun challenge ( and continues to be! )

                      In reply to - Liz W. commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board
                      Wow what a challenge! Really good texture. You are so brave to do this!
                        ]]>                                                 25adabfa710cbbf626eee29ec56bf2de Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/8030/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:11:33 -0500 yes, it is an osage orange

                        ]]>                         0                         e2c020c705084fbf43200ee6e6e4a9ae Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/8017/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 21:45:20 -0500
                        Thanks, Vern. I’ll keep working at it! I found it in central park – I’m reluctant to cut it open because I only have the one – and kind of like it – interested in seeing how long it will last!
                          ]]>                           0                           54074adae55df7073697df6f363d3f07 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/7981/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:42:18 -0500
                          very nice, Susan! I especially like how you captured the contours of the bark and the way it peels.
                            ]]>                             0                             98f8ba6dee2feefe5e5006d3c822a8c5 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/7193/ Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:55:53 -0400
                            Donna, your drawings are so delicately rendered – beautiful!
                              ]]>                               0                               7d2667f77b8af4e5dcd5195b79f8baa4 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/7190/ Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:52:35 -0400 What a beautiful drawing, Liz. is it done in dark sepia?

                              ]]>                               0                               c40c9343be7fa40ac59c25248790f684 Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/7057/ Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:49:19 -0400
                              So realistic! Beautiful ,Donna
                                ]]>                                 0                                 473e56ebb74810b7d912d43c6bedce6d Eileen Calvanese commented on a Photo in the group The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/7040/ Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:11:20 -0400
                                beautiful , Nancy. I especially love the page with dissection of the lily.
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                                  Thank you Vern. I have continued on the drawing and will repost before Monday. I’m finding it difficult to eliminate , or transition the overlap tones and am wondering if it has to do with having toned the flower first and then adding a watercolor layer over it? maybe I am doing the initial toning too dark? just a thought, but in the meantime will…

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