Botany sketches!

[randombees]

Desert Chicory, rendered with .05 micron pens and cake watercolors, viewed through a microscope. For this, I used very few pencil guidelines. The method resulted in a lyrical, flat-looking illustration.



The Desert Five Spot was really cute but somewhat rare. These are field drawings! I did them outdoors.

Comments

[foxfirefey]

Oh wow! Can I link to these from common_nature?

[randombees]

Aww, thanks! Yes you may!

I wonder if you'd be more interested in linking to my personal journal entry on my trip, which includes more ink drawings, sketches, and photos, too?

[jmlittle_art]

These are lovely!

[randombees]

Thank you :D

Great!

[madamkerrington]

That Chicory is beautiful. Loves those blues and greens.

I've been thinking of going out and doing this lately, I will now for sure.

Re: Great!

[randombees]

Thank you!

I recommend it. If you can get a folding stadium chair, not only will it make sitting for hours in one spot more comfy, it will also double as a bag for your sketching supplies when it's folded up. :D