The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board

15 separate flowers make up the “inflorescence” – the complete flower head.

Love this!

Another view of the pomegranate and added the flowers. Leaving room for sliced open ripe fruit and seeds. August?

Summer flowers. Foxglove or Digitalus

Love this composition! So much visual information here: a shell covering another shell covering the almond! Beautiful!

Another “roadside tree”, almonds. Growing everywhere. I’d love to add the flower, but the blossom in February. I’m six hours later here in Spain, so I’ll have to catch the online meeting afterwards. I just want to say I’m going to start saving up to go to Greece again: Wendy’s class, the retreat hotel, the unbelievable village, and crystal clear…[Read more]

This is from Lafkos, too. We were told it’s called “grass lily”. I didn’t finish the flower in the top and thinking I might just leave it. Suggestions? I do have photos.

I picked this pomegranate our last day in Lafkos before getting in the van to head back to Athens. I’m drawing it here in Spain and now doing another “take” with flowers blooming.

Plums right off the roadside trees in Lafkos, Greece!

Wish I could be there!!

Looks like so much fun. Extremely jealous!

It’s been so much fun watching this piece evolve. It is beautiful.

Gorgeous!! Really love the highlights. I have highlights envy.