drAnn's Art

Art on an Ohio Farm

This, in the words of the chap who showed me the link, pretty a-MAZE-ing:

This view is from a helicopter.  The corn was already harvested when the owner flew an artist in to create the design with a John Deere tractor.   It took over 8 hours to cut into the field.  I do not know how long it took the artist to make the sketch. 

Sarah Was Here

This is on a website called Read My Lipstick, created by women who do not appreciate the way the democrat party leaders and media have been trashing women, first Hilary and now Sarah:

It is showing up on a few other blogs, too, but you saw it here first :-)

Anyone interesting in joining Read My Lipstick can find it HERE.

First the Glossary, Then the Illustrations

I pretty much started this blog not just to share some of my art and encourage others to give in their their creative urges, but also to keep myself motivated to keep learning and keep drawing and keep painting.

I have always wanted to draw plants, and grow them, too, so lately I've taken a bit of time off from the drawing table and started learning about plants.  It is becoming a wonderful obsession, but just as the plants have to fit into some kind of container, I have to somehow compartmentalize all the tidbits of information that I'm learning day by day. 

So I've decided to work on a glossary first, and then add illustrations.

In recent searches for good information, photos, and illustrations of plants, however, I recently found myself going back again and again to a resource published by the Robert W. Freckmann Herb arium at the University of Wisconsin, Steven Point.  This is an invaluable resource for artists as well as gardening enthusiasts. 

In addition to having wonderful photos of different varieties of each plant, they also include representative botanical drawings such as this lovely sketch of my own favorite "weed" -- Purslane

Here is my GLOSSARY: