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This my contribution for an exhibition-collaboration between my university and one in New Zealand. Fine art and Illustrations relating to weed species.I chose Nasturtiums - pretty, hardy, edible and a garden escapee.
We get them growing along the waterways and on disturbed soil in the national park near my home. I tend to uproot them, bring them home and put them into a confined garden - Out of the parks, into my salad bowl. ^_^
Can you see the Pterostylis nutans, a native, hidden in the picture?
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i do love this kind of art (botanic art) and you made it really beautiful ^^
What color and paper did u use? ^^
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I used windsor and newton cotman w/colours and the paper is Arches cold pressed.
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Another beautiful composition! I like the black and white back sketches - they remind me a bit of da Vinci's plant sketches.
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flattery ^.^ Its meant to give the feel of the plant surreptitiously escaping while the viewers attention is on the pretty colours ^_^
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Hah! Yeah, it totally looks like they're siddling away!
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oh! the frost has just taken my Nasturtiums now I can watch yours instead
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Gorgeous! I know nothing about plants, but my mother (who does) always says - a weed is only what you don't want growing in your garden. I think I'd be cool with having these everywhere.
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Precisely - I think thats s part of what the exhibition is about - that a pest or a desirable plant is really all based in the eyes of the beholder. I was nibbling on the leaves as I drew them ^_^
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I love that you didn't leave out the wilted leaves.
Nasturtiums are my favourite weed.
And you sneaked in a greenhood
It's amazing!
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guh. just...GUH.
I love your botanicals like...SO MUCH. I really, really like the way you've done the colored focal part in the middle and have the pencil portions framing it. Lovely x a googol. I can't wait to see it scanned.
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The concept is the primary focal point is as a traditional botanical plate bound within the penciled square box (if you Imagine the graphite plant isn't there thats what it basically is) but while we focus on the beauty of an exotic plant and revel in it's colour and form we sometime loose focus on how intrusive the species can be. Hence it growing out of it's confines, across the page, over the border and off into wilder areas.
Ah ^_^ Deep and meaningful sub texts - I should be a fine arts student
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