Inktober no. 2 - followed the “Poison” prompt. Originally I was going to ink some nasty fungi but couldn’t get the idea of a deadly bouquet out my head. These beautiful nasties are all listed as deadly in my @rivercottagehq hedgerow foraging book. Henbane, yew, and hemlock water-dropwort. Well, technically you can eat the yew berry flesh but why you would want to chance it when it surrounds a seed that could put you in the ground I don’t know. ———— #inktober #inktober2017 #art #artist #artwork #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #instaart #instaartist #artstagram #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram #originalart #ink #paint #painting #blackandwhite #bouquet #flowers #wildflowers #plants #poison #botanical #botanicalart
Grandpa isn’t here anymore, but the flowers he lovingly planted for grandma are still there, even nobody waters them now. Wildflowers grow among them filling the garden with colours.
We’ve already had three snow storms and the forecast is calling for the return of bitter cold. It might already be time for a reminder that flowers do exist, and not just at the florists. This is one of many lovely plates in Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast (1887)
