Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Flora Series: A-G

A is for Anthurium
A is for Anthurium

A is for Anthurium
The Anthurium crayon is made up of 6 Crayola crayon colors.
The flowers are made of Scarlet and Red and the spadix is made of Yellow and Dandelion.
The leaves and main crayon body is made of Granny Smith Apple and Green

B is for Buttercup
B is for Buttercup
This is my one of my gardening nemesis.  How can you not respect this plant for it's resilience!

B is for Buttercup
The Buttercup crayon is made of 4 Crayola crayon colors.
The flowers are made of Dandelion Yellow and Yellow for the centers.
The leaves are made of Olive Green and Forrest Green.

C is for Clover
C is for Clover

C is for Clover
The Clover crayon is made of 4 Crayola crayon colors.
The flowers are made of White and Tickle Me Pink.
The leaves are made of Olive and Spring Green.

D is for Daffodils

D is for Daffodils
I made this crayon during the Spring when daffodils were blooming.  The many colors, size and shapes inspired this composition.

D is for Daffodils 
The Daffodils crayon is made of 8 Crayola crayons.  This is one of the more complex crayons in this series because of how many colors it has.
The flowers are made of: White, Yellow, Dandelion, Unmellow Yellow, Orange and Yellow Orange.
The leaves are made of Yellow Green and Green Yellow.

E is for Eucalyptus
E is for Eucalyptus

E is for Eucalyptus
The Eucalyptus crayon is made of 4 Crayola crayons.
The flowers are made of Spring Green and Scarlet.
The leaves are made of Olive Green and Forest Green.

F is for Forget-me-not
F is for Forget-me-not
I'm not gonna lie, this is my favorite crayon from this set!  The Forget-me-not is such a humble flower and often overlooked.  It's considered a weed in most cases, but I think it's gorgeous.

F is for Forget-me-not
The Forget-me-not crayon is made of 6 Crayola crayons.
The flowers are made of Sky Blue and Dandelion.
The buds are made of Purple Mountains Majesty and Lavender.
The leaves are made of Granny Smith Apple and the main body is Green.

G is for Geranium
G is for Geranium

G is for Geranium
The Geranium crayon is made of 3 Crayola crayons.
The flowers and the main body of the crayon is made of Salmon.
The leaves are made of Forest Green and Spring Green.

3 comments:

niki said...

Your work is so spectacular! I used a couple of your images in my 3-D classes reductive sculpture assignment and they were speechless. I have admired you from afar, but thought I would let you know.

Linda said...

Really beautiful! :)

dAzErO said...

Fantastic and extrem beautiful pieces of ART - I am deeply impressed!!