View fullsize Oak Leaf exercise No. 1 in pencil with @laragastinger It’s been so long since I have drawn. No expectations just pencil to paper while remaining mindful. Next drawing will be in pen. #botanicalillustration #drawing
View fullsize One year ago we had the most beautiful snow. ☃️ asks New Orleans, are you ready? The snow did not phase our native Seaside Goldenrod one bit. #winterstorm #botany #urbangarden #goldenrod #kalayasteede
View fullsize it shows it’s back then, its front falling autumn leaf ~Ryōkan #haiku #ryokan #deathpoem #redoak #nature
View fullsize Sugar plume grass, Saccharum giganteum, shows off their beautiful plumes against the setting sunlight. I stand 10-feet tall with long leaves and large plumes (panicles). I am I indigenous to southeastern US and provide shelter and food to wildlife
View fullsize New Year’s Eve walk in the woods. I love winter because of all the seedpods. If you ever forget to carry a little envelope for a few seeds you can always use your jacket. I sure hope this was Little Blue Stem. I am pretty sure it was. Wishing
View fullsize First drawing in a long while. Oh how I’ve missed it. Now why didn’t I draw this in my perpetual journal? Wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday! #lgperpetualjournal #botanical #botanicalillustration #nature #kalayasteede
View fullsize Happy Winter Solstice. A walk reveals two beautiful cypress trees, rusty orange, letting go of their leaves without resistance—an offering to the earth. 🍂 #baldcypress #lettinggo #atease #wintersolstice #kalayasteede
View fullsize Just received this beautiful newsletter the old fashioned way. How exciting to receive mail that’s not a bill! Thank you @dananobledesign Your drawing is beautiful! #yougotmail #mail #letters #newsletter #botanicalillustrations #botanical #oa
View fullsize Will you keep me company once I dissolve? How exciting that I came upon an Earth Star in the garden! In my own backyard. We do not need to travel so far to witness the beauty outside. 💚 Maybe this is an earth ball? I truly don’t know. #bot
View fullsize Tashi Delek and good morning! This week has been filled with pollinators despite only getting 4 hours of sun in the garden. The fritillaries stood out and so this is what I drew in my PJ. I counted 15 Gulf fritillaries, many native bees, skippers, hu
View fullsize This tree is my favorite tree and a favorite to draw their leaves. I drew this for my Botanical Drawing Class that I just recently completed. Yay! ✍🏻 Now I will hand it over to Poplar… My botanical name is Liriodendron tulipifera, but my fri
View fullsize Last week to make an entry in this Perpetual Journal spread. I have been having problems taking pictures and had separated from my Canvas light for awhile. I am learning to work with them again. It isn’t as intuitive as one might think. Maybe t
View fullsize Happy Friday! Working on my final project for Botanical Drawing. 20+ hours already clocked in for these rendering’s. Here I am tracing the back outline of the drawing (3rd render). This will be transferred to the oh so yummy nice paper. Then I
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View fullsize 20 years today! How exciting to be married between hurricanes. Enjoying the moments we share together. So grateful for all of them. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️+❤️to grow.