Studying Wildflowers
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
“Crocus with Corm” original acrylic and watercolor painting by Gail Niebrugge, sold.
The wildflower spring Crocus is fun to study, it is covered with silky hairs. I spent quite a bit of time trying to find a way to show this characteristic, and found the best approach was to illustrate it in back light. With the light directly behind the subject the hairs were illuminated and stood out against the silhouetted stem. And, it felt good lying almost face down in the warm dirt, surrounded by snow, doing my research.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska wildflower painting
