Autumn Botanical Study: Blackthorn Bush with Berries and Resting Jackdaws in Autumn Light
9+
Classic
Recommended materials
fine liner
colored pencils
watercolour pencils
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Precise, elegant, intricate autumn botanical study of blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) branch: large-format, precisely-drawn botanical illustration in full autumn berry-bearing glory. Main branch: heavily thorned, dark bark, many side branches ending in clusters of dark-blue-black sloe berries with characteristic dusty bloom. Berries: each individually drawn showing dusty bloom, small dimple at top, tiny star at base, short stalk. Leaves: some green, some turning yellow-red, some brown and withered. Thorns: every thorn individually placed, sharp. Three jackdaws on branch — one large dominant surveying; one with sloe berry in beak; one ruffled and sleepy. Background: pale winter-approaching autumn sky.
