Draw Botanical LLC | mary jo gimber | Activity https://drawbotanical.com/members/mjg/activity/ Activity feed for mary jo gimber. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 02:10:15 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.5.2 en-US 30 hourly 2 444f428cf6a69ae7be1cb179bee8a630 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/35401/#acomment-35840 Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:17:10 -0400 Doug, Thanks for your critique. The colored branch started as a blind contour drawing in ink. Then I decided to use some color. I could try erasing the color but don’t think I can do anything about the ink drawing. It was fun doing the pencil drawing with the red berries. Hope to get more drawing done soon. Thanks again. mj

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]]> 169a6fafaca2c8ae7e67315642209232 mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/35839/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:17:10 -0400 Doug, Thanks for your critique. The colored branch started as a blind contour drawing in ink. Then I decided to use some color. I could try erasing the color but don’t think I can do anything about the ink drawing. It was fun doing the pencil drawing with the red berries. Hope to get more drawing done soon. Thanks again. mj

]]> 0 a5fa08012570d8bf6622484e48e4dda2 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/35401/ Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:23:59 -0500 ]]> 2 0ce175c1c88d2c6d98e425f17ddfd8e9 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32907/#acomment-32971 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:47:35 -0400 Delores, I think your spiny guy is a sweet gum ball that falls from the tree in the fall and winter. I just picked two green ones yesterday from our tree. They are so complicated to draw. Yours looks great!

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]]> 0ce175c1c88d2c6d98e425f17ddfd8e9 mary jo gimber commented on Dolores Duran-Cefalu's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32970/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:47:35 -0400 Delores, I think your spiny guy is a sweet gum ball that falls from the tree in the fall and winter. I just picked two green ones yesterday from our tree. They are so complicated to draw. Yours looks great!

]]> 0 29a0ccee45d7151b14056dc52b74bce9 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32961/#acomment-32969 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:43:26 -0400 The seed pods hang onto the tree with a very thin white filament the size of a silk thread. Color is beautiful reddish purple on seed pods in fall.

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]]> 6b11cd452ad52625872725796c9246ad mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32968/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:43:26 -0400 The seed pods hang onto the tree with a very thin white filament the size of a silk thread.
Color is beautiful reddish purple on seed pods in fall.

]]> 0 c4dc4caeb6896f032caf32d95749f981 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32959/#acomment-32967 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:39:27 -0400 Sweet Gum Tree with fall color. Sketch book page. Color swatches and notes.

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]]> c4dc4caeb6896f032caf32d95749f981 mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32966/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:39:27 -0400 Sweet Gum Tree with fall color. Sketch book page. Color swatches and notes.

]]> 0 03ae6e18e5af56e39ca29566fab69a47 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32957/#acomment-32965 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:36:59 -0400 Ladies Thumb. Species of Knotwood. Genus Persicaria Maculosa. Leaves lanceolate shape. All parts edible. Attracts pollinators. Annual. Reseeds itself. Not native. Semi blind drawing with color swatches and notes. Sketch book page.

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]]> d77de19f18f6e2cf27138f2a73d9b5cb mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32964/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:36:59 -0400 Ladies Thumb. Species of Knotwood. Genus Persicaria Maculosa. Leaves lanceolate shape. All parts edible. Attracts pollinators. Annual. Reseeds itself. Not native.
Semi blind drawing with color swatches and notes.
Sketch book page.

]]> 0 870aec053d84f175a3ff569a97babc00 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32958/#acomment-32963 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:28:15 -0400 Semi blind contour drawings with color swatches and notes

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]]> 870aec053d84f175a3ff569a97babc00 mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32962/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:28:15 -0400 Semi blind contour drawings with color swatches and notes

]]> 0 aafcade0f42f7f3258e4b52b147aad29 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32961/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:22:52 -0400 ]]> 1 2cb946e98c2a242b903b5c35a1d20eb9 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32959/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:22:40 -0400 ]]> 2 b1483efda1ef5667a6f6a1d6a2a679b3 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32958/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:22:33 -0400 ]]> 2 c4bdf20193ea70e6ef7b00dc08003a5b mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32957/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:22:27 -0400 ]]> 2 1065a09687bf9c4c51e080fe1efc8f3a mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32127/#acomment-32129 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 02:46:40 -0400 Color pencil front of leaf and graphite back of leaf of flowering kale. “Chidori Red” variety. Drawn from a small plant which has not turned red yet. chidori red

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]]> 991dc4ce2ab2ca977078465c9e578f2a mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32128/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 02:46:40 -0400 Color pencil front of leaf and graphite back of leaf of flowering kale. “Chidori Red” variety. Drawn from a small plant which has not turned red yet.

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]]> 0 b43ead7dfe15b4da307391adc814aa28 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32127/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 02:41:33 -0400 ]]> 1 c8d5ec60e9e576b70954dc19a815dc35 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32053/#acomment-32066 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 03:19:01 -0400 Thank you for your comment Clare.

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]]> c8d5ec60e9e576b70954dc19a815dc35 mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32065/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 03:19:01 -0400 Thank you for your comment Clare.

]]> 0 2b2ca48ae030faaa208e3ba91e63003f mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/32053/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:45:07 -0400 ]]> 4 94dd85be8f9dfc10ba76e81b36f09c49 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/31857/#acomment-31924 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:55:52 -0400 The 3 tomatoes,2 caterpillars and spotted lantern fly are collaged onto the drawing. Still want to add a tomato flower. The caterpillar was on a peony leaf in my garden. It was full of yellow fuzzy hairs. Still trying to figure out how to draw it. Thanks for your comments. mj

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]]> 6fe6ec61e134a783c6485fb2a0a42202 mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/31923/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:55:52 -0400 The 3 tomatoes,2 caterpillars and spotted lantern fly are collaged onto the drawing. Still want to add a tomato flower. The caterpillar was on a peony leaf in my garden. It was full of yellow fuzzy hairs. Still trying to figure out how to draw it. Thanks for your comments. mj

]]> 0 bdc02e61811df0f02c43181280d1d6bc mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/31857/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:11:05 -0400 ]]> 3 56879f5ef37066d21a4bdbe2794c9edf mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/31523/#acomment-31550 Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:30:26 -0400 Katy, Thanks so much for your comments. I see exactly what you mean about the tomato shadow. This is an excellent lesson for me because I used dark sepia watercolor to put the shadow in before I used the pencils. Also, forgot to use wet on wet. Just tried to correct it with more red pencil but it still doesn’t look right. Thanks again, Mary Jo

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]]> 362e952e0b6253b517f81e6efec83d41 mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/31549/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:30:26 -0400 Katy, Thanks so much for your comments. I see exactly what you mean about the tomato shadow. This is an excellent lesson for me because I used dark sepia watercolor to put the shadow in before I used the pencils. Also, forgot to use wet on wet. Just tried to correct it with more red pencil but it still doesn’t look right. Thanks again, Mary Jo

]]> 0 713a87174e8364d37cfdf3027bc61352 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/31523/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 17:15:42 -0400 ]]> 2 7605924e236458e1cfd525e09f77869e mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/31259/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 04:28:05 -0400 ]]> 1 fb56b0d5e18eb42473df38237a2f0d59 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30928/ Sun, 04 Jul 2021 03:04:02 -0400 ]]> 2 701c8593aac257d6788064085956ddbf mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30815/ Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:16:09 -0400

Sam, I uploaded another image with changes. Am trying to see every detail and get it to look right. Welcome suggestions. Thank you,mj

      ]]>       0       c3fc503645647ea27139d5a05846b379 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30720/#acomment-30814 Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:16:09 -0400
      Sam, I uploaded another image with changes. Am trying to see every detail and get it to look right. Welcome suggestions. Thank you,mj
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        ]]>                 2b1caac6ce73750835cc481d84206d12 mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30813/ Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:10:02 -0400

        Vern, I uploaded another image with changes to small leaves, enlarged the green part of the flower heads at the top, added a large leaf and reestablished the original grid lines that I used to enlarge the specimen. The large leaf is actual size. Wasn’t sure how to do the floating seeds. At first I drew tem very lightly and they didn’t show up on…

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        Vern, I uploaded another image with changes to small leaves, enlarged the green part of the flower heads at the top, added a large leaf and reestablished the original grid lines that I used to enlarge the specimen. The large leaf is actual size. Wasn’t sure how to do the floating seeds. At first I drew tem very lightly and they didn’t show up on…

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        ]]>                 37c9e5ee06e0ed847d160eef0e3b151b mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30811/ Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:59:23 -0400 ]]> 4 f405a5bd1a14ae4fefb4594bccb58217 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30720/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:15:16 -0400 ]]> 3 094bbfa47366fb4854d59ee197cb38e3 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30573/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:11:09 -0400 ]]> 1 ce5c377b556f1f6553be465b9fae10a1 mary jo gimber added a Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30547/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:36:51 -0400 ]]> 1 876e4874401f658f61d799d5b596355c mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/29998/#acomment-30190 Sat, 29 May 2021 18:29:00 -0400 Katy, It feels retro to me, too, and it wasn’t my intention to do that. I still have some corrections to make from critique of latest webinar. Thanks, Katy, Mary Jo

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        ]]>                 b84b2f2caf4a0bb622cdee5f40b65697 mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30189/ Sat, 29 May 2021 18:29:00 -0400 Katy, It feels retro to me, too, and it wasn’t my intention to do that. I still have some corrections to make from critique of latest webinar. Thanks, Katy, Mary Jo

        ]]>         0         ba7b37ea97f51f59df6dffa8c162dfea mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30008/#acomment-30188 Sat, 29 May 2021 18:24:35 -0400 Thanks for your comments, Doug. The orange is removable and when I drew it , I followed the orange that I did in my first workshop with Wendy in February. Consequently I didn’t pay any attention to the light source in the drawing of the shapes. I thought of picking the orange up and turning it around but that would certainly put the highlight in…[Read more]

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        ]]>                 3762dd38c5d97011e9a278e9c6e78306 mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30187/ Sat, 29 May 2021 18:24:35 -0400 Thanks for your comments, Doug. The orange is removable and when I drew it , I followed the orange that I did in my first workshop with Wendy in February. Consequently I didn’t pay any attention to the light source in the drawing of the shapes. I thought of picking the orange up and turning it around but that would certainly put the highlight in…[Read more]

        ]]>         0         f8d59d97de4573cee9f56e1ad2274717 mary jo gimber posted a new activity comment https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30134/#acomment-30186 Sat, 29 May 2021 18:13:39 -0400 Yes, Sam, I will attempt different views. Notice I started with the back because the front is too difficult. Planted it three years ago at the edge of the woods. It finally made it and this year has three flowers and beautiful leaves. Don’t want to cut it open until I try drawing it from different angles. Did research on the internet and…[Read more]

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        ]]>                 55ec8d5cbc6be8decfaadb2db69c07bc mary jo gimber commented on mary jo gimber's Photo https://drawbotanical.com/activity/p/30185/ Sat, 29 May 2021 18:13:39 -0400 Yes, Sam, I will attempt different views. Notice I started with the back because the front is too difficult. Planted it three years ago at the edge of the woods. It finally made it and this year has three flowers and beautiful leaves. Don’t want to cut it open until I try drawing it from different angles. Did research on the internet and…[Read more]

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