Thursday, July 2, 2009

Practicing for work


I have never considered myself a scientific illustrator, but I got a job to create illustrations for Asilomar State Beach in central California, so I have been trying to create, not scientific, but at least sort of acurate watercolor sketches of Asilomar plants. The place I practice is in my journal.

9 comments:

  1. OUTSTANDING! I think the illustrations are not only accurate but incredibly beautiful!

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  2. Beautiful, Gay--they'll be thrilled, I think.

    And really, the soft outline on the rattlesnake grass works! Funny, eh?

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  3. They are incredibly beautiful - your comments are too funny, I can relate only too well!

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  4. stunning! they look very accurate to me!

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  5. I love these, Gay, they are so delicate...I'm sure they will love each and every image.. I have been asked to do a fritillaria for an organization in Oregon... you inspire me to get in there and practice.

    Elizabeth

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  6. Stunning- I love the way you make your text beautiful, too!

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  7. I love that about Gay's pages, too, Jeanette, and Hannah Hinchman's, too. You guys are inspiring me to brush up my nearly-nonexistent lettering skills!

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  8. Thank you all. The way I practiced my lettering skills (I was always the worst in my caligraphy class because I was, and still am, too impatient) was to address 200 invitations for my daughter's wedding. Of course I messed up about half of the envelopes and had to re-do them, so I got lots of practice.

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  9. WOW. Now THAT is dedication! You certainly did learn...

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