The Practice of Botanical Drawing Discussion Board

Amazing!!! Love it!

Wow! Really nice. The leaves look like thick wax rhododendron leaves. There is no doubt about what kind of leaves those are. Great.

beautiful rendering – The flowers and leaves are perfect!

This is beautiful.
I love the composition.

Thanks Michelle! Great tip, and nice rose!

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!

lovely

I love the way you’ve made it both soft yet bright. Really lovely!

I love the overall softness you’ve achieved. I love it all!

Thanks, Vern! I think I need to work on the overlap on the flower underneath to differentiate the two separate flowers. The common name is called sweet pea. They’re really interesting plants. I think the wider part of the stem is a runner and the smaller leaves are popping off the wide stem where the new shoot of blooms has started. I took…[Read more]

Beautiful, shiny leaves!

So great to see all your pages and how you have worked out the arrangement. Love this one.

Love this!

Very nice drawing and such an interesting subject. So cool you found the pod.

Wow, impressive tree.

Very inspirational Wendy. Thanks for posting.

beautiful!

That is gorgeous. Looking forward to the lesson!

Absolute perfection, Wendy!

Wendy, that is just gorgeous! It’s at a little lake in the poconos that was turned into a family resort by a group of Quaker friends. They have all kinds of rules to keep it pristine and peaceful, so it’s almost like a nature preserve. If you type Lake Paupac Lodge, greentown, pa into mapquest, you can see where it is. Here’s a link to some info…[Read more]