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[wip] Baby succulent 4
🕑 Added 2024-06-15 04:32:24 +0000 UTCRelated post : Whoa~ many posts. It was a long project haha π
[drawing] Succulent 1 / [drawing] Succulent 2
[wallpaper] Baby succulent 1 / [wallpaper] Baby succulent 2
[wallpaper] Baby succulent 3(Mesembs) / [wallpaper] Baby succulent 4
[wip] Baby succulent 1 - Aloe, Haworthia and Asparagus family
[wip] Baby succulent 2 - Crassulaceae family
[ coloring page ] Baby succulent 1 & 2 / [ coloring page ] Baby succulent 3 & 4
This is the last of the succulent plant series!
Baby succulent 4 - Euphorbia, Senecio, Adenium, Dorstenia, Stapelia family
In the past, I often completed drawings directly from rough sketches without any intermediate clean-up steps. These days, I consciously keep my sketches a bit neater so I can use them for coloring pages. After working this way for over a year, I think there are more advantages in the end. (Actually, the only downside I can think of is that it's annoying and takes more time)
Because there is one more intermediate process, it takes time, but it allows me to think about it one more time before complete.
There are a lot of bright plants here, so I had to adjust them several times to make them look good when I painted them. I drew the angel wings and cocoon plant darker, but they are actually more white (like soft silver...? They have a nice texture).
Actually, around the time I was drawing part 3, I had a problem with my concentration..... Because there were suddenly some other animals I wanted to draw. (Last month it was an isopod, and this month it was a society finch) So, I was tempted to draw only the succulent plants up to part 3 and draw some animals... The reason I completed the fourth painting as planned was because I decided to draw a 'string of pearls'!
They look appetizing, but they contain a substance called Pyrrolizidine alkaloid that can cause vomiting or diarrhea if eaten by animals.
When I was researching data, I was very confused between curio and senecio... In the past, they were all senecio, but it is said that there are plants classified as curio here. Both words feel like magic spells to me.
The flowers are really pretty. Attractive plants.
Pencil cactus is called βgreen coralβ in here π
In Korea, many succulents are distributed under commercial names. To explain the feeling, when you hear the name, it reminds you of a jewel or feels majestic. I feel the name like milk tree or baseball plant is very cute.
There seem to be many succulents with fun and cool-shaped flowers.
(I didn't include it this time, but there are many types of hoya with colorful flowers.)
Among them, a starfish-shaped flower caught my eye. It smells like rotten meat to attract flies π₯Ί
![[wip] Baby succulent 4](https://img5.leaqio.com/storage/2/qd/kx/9e04c0-019e8c3a-78b1-733b-9c10-c788393e3672.gif)
Comments
pikaole
Hehe, thank you. I think this was my first time drawing plants in earnest, and I found it very rewarding to try something new ππ
Alli En
They're all so cute! You always do such a good job turning plants and animals into a cute version. Love your art, thank you for sharing!
pikaole
Haha, I'm glad you liked all of my posts. It was really meaningful for me to draw and study about new nature. Thanks for reading!
Skylar Opal
I've loved all of these posts, reading your research and thought process is so amazing!! Seeing how you simplify the world is so inspiring π I also love learning about plants so that is a bonus βΊοΈ
