Many of the wild flowers are at their peak, and also in the garden.
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This is an icelandic poppy from my garden. I love the color.
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| 6x4 inches |
I drew this in pencil while waiting for someone at the beach. I only got started painting it there and finished at home from memory. The Lupine are especially beautiful this year and there are some white ones at the beach.
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Earlier this week I helped to show a botanist from Juneau studying orchids where some Lady's Slippers are growing. This is one of the three found here...
Cypripedium passerinum. There are several of these on the upland beach. I painted these yesterday morning and finished at home. It was hard to get down to their level, and I missed the details. I was really tempted to pick one, but I am one of the biggest complainers of other folks damaging the plants, so held myself back.
This one is at the beach too...
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Cypripedium calceolus Subsp. parviflorum. He said there is only one other of these recorded in SE Alaska. We also visited a
Cypripedium montanum in an area that is sadly infested with European Black Slugs and is showing damage from them.
1 comment:
I know what you mean about the temptation to pick flowers to draw them, It is getting harder and harder to get down! But these came out great!
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