The photo app identified the subject of this sketch as Perez’s Sea Lavender, native to the coasts of the Canary Islands, but widely seen in gardens around the world. I started the sketch with the idea of detailing each of the individual flowers in each ball of lavender. After a gallant effort, I decided to […]
This is a ‘plant’ according to the information provided me by my the photo app on my phone. Clicking on the ‘plant’ hot spot reveals that the plant is called “Eve’s Needle” or “Eve’s Pin”. But somehow the picture that accompanies this wiki entry looks nothing like the plant whose photo I took. I guess […]
My photo app identified this (barely visible) white flower as Chinese civet. I think the app is a little buggy. Sometimes it gives me a specific identification and sometimes it just identifies my flower as “Plant”. Hmmm. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com […]
Quite by accident I discovered a feature of my phone/camera. I saw this wonderful hybrid pinecone/red pointy stalk flower on a tree that I was walking past. I took a photo and, when I looked at it in the photo app, it told me the name of the tree! (In this case, the tree was […]
I spent most of my effort in this sketch, to the background. With different pen strokes, I textured and shaded the space between the flowers.
I came upon a very festive cart, decorated with all sorts of painted ironwork.
