Punica granatum by Linda C Miller

 "Pick up Sticks"

Punica granatum

Watercolor on Paper, 6 x 4 inches

Copyright Linda C. Miller 2014

This piece is called "Pick up Sticks,"  a painting created with two over-lapping branches.  I used 140lb hot press Fabriano traditional white paper.  One of the advantages of using the 140lb paper versus a 300lb weight is that I can manipulate the layers more easily.  I lifted and added color, four times to get this textured effect on the pomegranate fruits.  What is very important is that you allow the paper to dry, completely, before you go back in to manipulate the layered color.

It did dull down a bit because all three primaries are in the element.  So to give it a color lift, I added both Quinacridone gold and red along the way. 

 

Happy Painting, Linda

Linda C. Miller Artist Naturalist Instructor
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Dried Pomegranate Fruits ~ Linda C. Miller

"Holding On"

Pomegranate Fruits

Transparent Watercolor on Hot Press Paper

Size:  22 x 30 inches

Specimen:  Williamsburg, Virginia

Copyright Linda C. Miller, 2011

Fall is my favorite season for its bounty is everywhere.  This pair of Pomegranates were so much fun to paint.  I just love this contemporary composition.  The fruits completed with a series of transparent washes and the branch using my dry brush technique.

I left out a few small branches to reduce overlap and allowing this pair to take center stage.  All the other pomegranates in my studio are singles and dried with their rich yellows, reds and oranges.  This pair turned a leathery brown in color and texture. 

It will be on exhibit this February, just awaiting word from The Virginia Watercolor Society to learn if this piece made the cut!



Happy Painting, Linda

Linda C. Miller

Artist ~ Naturalist~ Instructor

www.lindacmillerbotanicalarttoday.com

Pomegranate Fruit ~ Linda C. Miller

 I love Fall!  I am a fruit and seed pod passionEsta.  I love walking on the trail this time of year for everyone is bearing the "fruits of their labor".   Here is a pomegranate fruit, one of several that my husband brought home for me to paint.   At first the skin was a light pink and its skin was so smooth.  After three weeks, the fruits become this wonderful leathery beauty with rich oranges and scarlet red. 

Pomegranate Fruit

Watercolor on 300 lb HP Paper

Specimen:  Williamsburg

Size:  8 x 11 inches

copyright Linda C Miller, 2011

Happy Painting, Linda

Linda C. Miller Botanical Art Today

Williamsburg, Virginia

Artist ~ Naturalist~ Instructor

http:lindacmillerbotanicalarttoday.com

Wisteria and Pomegranate

Last Sunday i drew these plants, in  my brother's garden.
Wisteria legume and leaf and pomegranate flower.
I think that pomegrante blossom is very nice, its colour is so bright!

Watercolour - Angela Maria Russo

Pomegranate Tree in December

I saw this tree from afar and was not sure if these were fruits or leaves - but the shape of the trunk was interesting enough to do and investigate. And dark shapes in the branches turned out to be pomegranates! Ripe, torn, blown from inside - and little squirrel jumping form one brunch to another - probably will have a feast :) Happy Holidays!

Happy Labor Day

Happy Labor Day, Dwarf Pomegranate
Originally uploaded by Linda C. Miller


I am always poking around - typing in botanical art and seeing what "pops up". This week I am updating my resume and drafting a write up to accompany this painting that will be included in the Peninsula Fine Art Center's 2010 Biennial Exhibition starting this October in Newport News, Virginia.

I just love this excerpt and thought that I would share it with you, especially since it is Labor Day. And those of us who paint botanicals, know that it is a "labor of love"!

“A great botanical artist must have a passion for flowers. You can set a good architectural draughtsman to draw a flower, and he will give you – if he thinks the subject is worthy of effort – a careful study of the plant before him. But unless he loves what he is drawing, unless he knows his flower in all its moods, in all its stages of development, there will be something lacking in his work.” from The Art of Botanical Illustration An Illustrated History by Wilfred Blunt

Happy Labor Day, Linda