Phipps - Annual Flora Project Process
Beech ink drawing
Pencil drawing is transferred to good paper and inked with Micron pens.
Testing colors
A test image of the leaves is painted with watercolor.
Final painted leaves
Painted leaves on final piece.
Testing branch colors
Trying out test image of the branches and buds with watercolor
Painting leaves & branches
Final painting of leaves and branches plus flowers.
Branch detail
Detail of painted branch.
Forest painting test
Trying out forest scene in grayscale. Greys are mixed primaries, not ink!
Beech final
Final American Beech botanical portrait.
Pawpaw research
Research includes books, web, my own photos of specimens, plus testing out stippling and hatching techniques for leaves.
Pawpaw research @ Hunt
Notes from research at the Hunt Botanical Institute. Phipps arranges our annual visit. The library pulls relevant books on each plant.
Preliminary drawings
Drawings from a pawpaw tree--buds and flowers.
Preliminary drawings
Drawings from a pawpaw fruit, cut open and with seeds.
Drawing of pawpaw fruit & leaves
Drawing from life: fruit and leaves, plus color swatches.
Mockup of the composition
Figuring out the composition and sizing, a composite of prior drawings.
Final hand-colored print
Solar plate etching of my final composition, hand-colored with watercolors.
Final sepia print
Solar plate etching with sepia ink.
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