Draw Botanical LLC | Helene Duplessis | Activity https://drawbotanical.com/members/elenapinx/activity/ Activity feed for Helene Duplessis. Fri, 01 May 2026 04:22:49 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.5.2 en-US 30 hourly 2 8aa3a536d4f0e1b24aa80bc04719b45b Helene Duplessis added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/36560/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:40:35 -0400 ]]> 2 1c0ca19e2a5f3aea7174037d441847c6 Helene Duplessis added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/36559/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:37:45 -0400 ]]> 3 2460af8ab09b4cd5f403bc5af29dbbda Helene Duplessis added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/36557/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:31:36 -0400 ]]> 2 486b0ef24b70e52ef12eb944bff1cd29 Helene Duplessis added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/18059/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:52:52 -0400 ]]> 2 1808984dd9fb836c8abf6cde606296d0 Helene Duplessis added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/18058/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:41:10 -0400 ]]> 1 f1513046a35f2f5ac210add43baee73a Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17666/#acomment-18057 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:32:38 -0400 playing with colors too ,blues and greens ,reds and pinks ,just to see how it’s going to look . thenk you for your applications

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]]> cfc85c36f7725e38bb853703d01f8a2a Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/18056/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:32:38 -0400 playing with colors too ,blues and greens ,reds and pinks ,just to see how it’s going to look . thenk you for your applications

]]> 0 f877846813755ad7924242b572bfc992 Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17740/#acomment-18055 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:30:48 -0400 so nice thank you Vern

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]]> f877846813755ad7924242b572bfc992 Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/18054/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:30:48 -0400 so nice thank you Vern

]]> 0 1dfa4e0fcbdcf078278de2e8c090d86e Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17740/#acomment-17765 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:16:12 -0500 thank you, Doug, that’s sweet. I could get at last my Verithin pencils and I did the shadows with it . nice

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]]> 9dcf083bfa93bc9ee31b68c311640391 Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17764/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:16:12 -0500 thank you, Doug, that’s sweet. I could get at last my Verithin pencils and I did the shadows with it . nice

]]> 0 2074244374821b14898ed47bddfd7660 Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17740/#acomment-17763 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:10:54 -0500 ok I am going to work on this ,.thank you

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]]> 9dba63886332d0f02380bfec4c33ce4c Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17762/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:10:54 -0500 ok I am going to work on this
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]]> 0 6465d1ec7fbd749302c5fe404b437d5d Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17740/#acomment-17744 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:51:46 -0500 well, I go on with my Jatropha leaves , In this one, I embossed the contour and it¡s surely more artistic composition than a real botanical drawing . Would you call it “naturalist art”? I struggled a lot on shadows

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]]> 30a745760bbf5c022d858c9560872606 Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17743/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:51:46 -0500 well, I go on with my Jatropha leaves , In this one, I embossed the contour and it¡s surely more artistic composition than a real botanical drawing . Would you call it “naturalist art”? I struggled a lot on shadows

]]> 0 964ae2ee8f28ab79a99314d77f561739 Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17740/#acomment-17742 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:48:26 -0500 struggling with the shadows .finished drawing – well I hope…what do you say ?

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]]> 964ae2ee8f28ab79a99314d77f561739 Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17741/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:48:26 -0500 struggling with the shadows .finished drawing – well I hope…what do you say ?

]]> 0 545ed880af24cff420fc2861eb17b0dd Helene Duplessis added 2 Photos https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17740/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:46:24 -0500 ]]> 7 a790638064f3b95a1f2ceefd75427bb9 Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17665/#acomment-17739 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:03:57 -0500 well, I hadn’t thought of that but now that you mention it , yes. fine eye. actually I started the series with this one. As I have always liked this plant , a few months ago I planted one in my yard. and I thought it was a nice leaf to draw. The young plant has only this shape of leaves but there is a grown one in a park in the town and when I…[Read more]

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]]> 6489ae294008597bc032af68de052b3f Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17738/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:03:57 -0500 well, I hadn’t thought of that but now that you mention it , yes. fine eye. actually I started the series with this one. As I have always liked this plant , a few months ago I planted one in my yard. and I thought it was a nice leaf to draw. The young plant has only this shape of leaves but there is a grown one in a park in the town and when I…[Read more]

]]> 0 b29fd5f4ca9751a4ffc9147d690db28e Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17666/#acomment-17737 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:44:22 -0500 Thank you, Doug. I appreciate very much your comments. Your drawings are so awesome. Well, I am not so sure just now. I first thought about doing one drawing with the different stages and the flower which is so spectacular too. you will get it any time. now I just want to do different drawings and see what happens, so I am in the process . But…[Read more]

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]]> b12395f5b66b1f07c4057debf1a301b2 Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17736/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:44:21 -0500 Thank you, Doug. I appreciate very much your comments. Your drawings are so awesome. Well, I am not so sure just now. I first thought about doing one drawing with the different stages and the flower which is so spectacular too. you will get it any time. now I just want to do different drawings and see what happens, so I am in the process . But…[Read more]

]]> 0 acc7aa6e8c86d498632a713aa40f83d0 Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17666/#acomment-17668 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:17:41 -0500 I am posting five different stages of the leaf of Jatropha multifida, I started with a very intricated design and found out by the observation that this was a young leaf and as the plant gets older the leaf gets plainer. so I am working on all of them at the same time, on front and back views also. all of these are in process.

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]]> 6a249d4a645b1e888a3f736b4c74c933 Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17667/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:17:40 -0500 I am posting five different stages of the leaf of Jatropha multifida, I started with a very intricated design and found out by the observation that this was a young leaf and as the plant gets older the leaf gets plainer. so I am working on all of them at the same time, on front and back views also. all of these are in process.

]]> 0 1d454d75d1687038e56f50a9778f26ef Helene Duplessis added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17666/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:08:30 -0500 ]]> 4 e40be65b71a21bded3a2fa196acb8fa3 Helene Duplessis added 4 Photos https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17665/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:06:57 -0500 ]]> 3 48a8c60bed86797b7e2296453ad3a16d Helene Duplessis added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17372/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:31:12 -0500 ]]> 2 c097415848189118c71a6dc8c1d1ab9c Helene Duplessis added 2 Photos https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17096/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:34:12 -0500 ]]> 0 cfbf854e7345c6f383a31b1cc9164c6c Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17089/#acomment-17095 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:24:23 -0500 also called wax flower and leaf cactus

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]]> cfbf854e7345c6f383a31b1cc9164c6c Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17094/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:24:23 -0500 also called wax flower and leaf cactus

]]> 0 3b679d6be2068915296746bb6e559f93 Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17089/#acomment-17093 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:23:58 -0500 It’s called Pereskia bleo ,originally from Colombia and Panama.

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]]> 3c78dd05f326cbb7eccd563289403e36 Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17092/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:23:58 -0500 It’s called Pereskia bleo ,originally from Colombia and Panama.

]]> 0 60f1cf8d006c25cdac15f7baa9478818 Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17089/#acomment-17091 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:23:23 -0500 i have been working on this beautifyl specie I have got in my small garden. this cactus is so special ,it attracts hummingbirds and has many medicinal virtues. The colors are so vibrant ,i have tried to grasp them ,I still am studying it.I love this plant .

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]]> 18f7e15560488ffe7ac9342567107e23 Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17090/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:23:23 -0500 i have been working on this beautifyl specie I have got in my small garden. this cactus is so special ,it attracts hummingbirds and has many medicinal virtues. The colors are so vibrant ,i have tried to grasp them ,I still am studying it.I love this plant .

]]> 0 42ea9312d6aeeb377425eb0dfcd331ff Helene Duplessis added 3 Photos https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17089/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:13:07 -0500 ]]> 4 e82e20cb8a46bc32a721a79b776047e3 Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16658/#acomment-17088 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:09:51 -0500 just reading yous comments ok . yes i have a bit of a problem with light in my studio and i think this affects my drawing .i understand your point about the lack of real shadows and light wich makes the drawing look unfinished . i must see to this soon . thanks .

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]]> e82e20cb8a46bc32a721a79b776047e3 Helene Duplessis commented on Helene Duplessis's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/17087/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:09:51 -0500 just reading yous comments ok . yes i have a bit of a problem with light in my studio and i think this affects my drawing .i understand your point about the lack of real shadows and light wich makes the drawing look unfinished . i must see to this soon . thanks .

]]> 0 6ccc843db4bd0aafd9207fffaffd7b5d Helene Duplessis added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16658/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 22:30:59 -0500 ]]> 2 4d75e6f39203ba1d2e42f12300602365 Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16295/#acomment-16337 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:59:28 -0500 all these textures and colors,well done my dear

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]]> 4d75e6f39203ba1d2e42f12300602365 Helene Duplessis commented on Ishbel Galloway's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16336/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:59:28 -0500 all these textures and colors,well done my dear

]]> 0 7511a8b64cceccb8f677b5cf9674b7fe Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16314/#acomment-16335 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:58:01 -0500 doug ,you are really good at that ,no way .bravo

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]]> 7511a8b64cceccb8f677b5cf9674b7fe Helene Duplessis commented on Doug Milne's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16334/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:58:01 -0500 doug ,you are really good at that ,no way .bravo

]]> 0 57c05c967b5e4117b83ec21b5c1ff47e Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16319/#acomment-16333 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:57:07 -0500 juicy and fresh . makes mwater my mouth .

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]]> 3cacb0bcc9899af386d67eae07b4a751 Helene Duplessis commented on Doug Milne's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16332/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:57:06 -0500 juicy and fresh . makes mwater my mouth .

]]> 0 2aca2032320c59595687c8a4d137cdad Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16317/#acomment-16331 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:56:09 -0500 so fresh .

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]]> 1b97cab8e5f06b6a8b7edf7dc969d490 Helene Duplessis commented on Doug Milne's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16330/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:56:08 -0500 so fresh .

]]> 0 8be567cfcfe893a3d0061a8403afa75c Helene Duplessis posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16316/#acomment-16329 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:55:40 -0500 like the composition a lot

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]]> 8be567cfcfe893a3d0061a8403afa75c Helene Duplessis commented on Doug Milne's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/16328/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:55:40 -0500 like the composition a lot

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