Over the holidays, I saw a beautiful helleborus plant and decided to bring it home. Despite being called the Christmas Rose or Lenten Rose, hellebores are not closely related to the rose family. Instead, they are an evergreen perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. This particular plant had beautiful, creamy white blossoms with aContinue reading “Sketchbook Exchange Update – Drawing #6!”
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Sketchbook Exchange Update – Drawing #2!
The sketchbook exchange is off to a wonderful start! I posted about my own sketchbook a few weeks ago. After mailing mine out to the next artist, I waited for the one being sent to me from our fellow participant in Singapore. It arrived and contained a stunning painting of the nutmeg, both the nutContinue reading “Sketchbook Exchange Update – Drawing #2!”
International Sketchbook Exchange!
It has been forever since I posted last! Happily, I have been busy with some different projects and finally have something to post about. I belong to two fantastic groups on Facebook for botanical artists: Botanical Art for Beginners and Botanical Artists. Both contain artists from all over the world who share a common interestContinue reading “International Sketchbook Exchange!”