Produce
Winter is an intriguing time for fruits as they ripen (and over-ripen) and for root vegetables with their dancing fibrous threads. The three sister Asian radishes above (white/green Daikon and ruby red Korean)were irresistible as drawing subjects.
The fading kiwi below came from our community garden kiwi vine which fruits in the fall but yields to the first hard frost before the fruit can ripen. They are left for the deer to feast on as they pass through the garden in search of food.
The lemon is the farmer’s market and part of a bookmark series.
Plant matter
Drawing tree branches is a staple of Draw Botanical lessons in overlaps, contour and texture. They always seem magically real when drawn on thick hot press watercolor paper.
The faded fall hydrangea on Kraft paper seemed a perfect fall flower statement.
Animal specimens
On a visit to my sister Melinda in Minnesota, her husband showed me what he found laying perfectly preserved under the late fall leaves as he was raking — a male Luna Moth! I decided to draw it for him in case it deteriorated and added its caterpillar and cocoon to complete the life-cycle. To my delight, he framed the drawing and the actual moth, hanging them side by side on his living room wall.
My sister Madeline in Wisconsin collects grouse feathers and found a blue jay feather for me lying on the frosted ground. Perfect winter subjects for my bookmark series.
The grouse feather drawing below is placed the real feathers.
