drawing in Geelong Botanical Gardens
from Wendy
This morning I went on a tour of the gardens with a guide, and a talk by an artist who makes scientific botanical illustrations particularly from the Otway Forests. When the others in the group took a bus to the Art Gallery, I stayed on and did some sketches of the base of the Moreton Bay fig tree, the Japanese birds and snapping turtle sculptures, a strange Crown of Thorns plant, and collected leaves as usual.
This morning I went on a tour of the gardens with a guide, and a talk by an artist who makes scientific botanical illustrations particularly from the Otway Forests. When the others in the group took a bus to the Art Gallery, I stayed on and did some sketches of the base of the Moreton Bay fig tree, the Japanese birds and snapping turtle sculptures, a strange Crown of Thorns plant, and collected leaves as usual.
posted by Peceli and Wendy's Blog at 3:06 AM
2 Comments:
I love the fig tree - such amazing shapes.
I am somehow drawn to huge fig trees or banyans and the gingko of course. This one resembles an elephant's hide I think.
The bird sculpture pic is a negative of the original drawing I made today. I can't leave alone and be satisfied!
Picaso/a or whatever does a few tricks and is good for cropping quickly I discovered but I still use photo-edit for negatives.
W.
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