According to Birds & Bloom, humans aren't the only ones who enjoy nasturtiums (I had never heard of them before seeing the picture in magazine). Moths and butterfly caterpillars enjoy theirs leaves. . .song birds too. This one took a while to complete. I layered the paint and employed negative space painting to call out the surrounding leaves (see below). The veins of the leaves were drawn with an opaque white paint (Dr. Martin's Bleedproof white). The stamens are a bit muddy/muddled, but beyond that, I like the final results.
Tis the season of spectacular foliage. The trees in the parking lot at work all turned yellow and red and orange from the top down, not sure I have witnessed such a thing. They all looked as if their tops were dipped in color and let to set. Pretty cool. I snapped a few photos for reference and decided to do something simple in their honor. Watercolor in etchr sketchbook
A day late but not a dollar short. . .So this was my most successful Inktober with the most posts and most views. Yay!! Below is based on the cover of a VHS cassette tape (yes, you read that correctly) for an aerobics workout. You cannot see it from the scan, but this ink has a pretty cool red sheen. It looks better "live".
