Showing posts with label digitalis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digitalis. Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2015

Foxgloves

15x11 watercolor on Bienfang 140 lb cold press paper begun yesterday then finished today from many of my garden flower photos. These were photographed in a nursery in Ruidoso NM.  Tiny brownish purple mottling spots are actually markings which are honey guides for bees.  Foxgloves also are the pharmaceutical source for the cardiac drug digitalis and the entire plant is poisonous.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Black Sunflower

9x7 watercolor, ink, and white gel pen in sketchbook done last week for WetCanvas online floral challenge hosted by Virginia. I used STA Li...