Another still-life with Solomons plume, some oak leaves, bloodroot and oak apple gall. This is a glimpse of the forest floor on a Sangamon River bluff in east central Illinois. Colored pencil - Prints Available. Not familiar with oak apple gall, take a look at this page from my field journal.
Nice drawings, wish the image were a bit larger, when you post your images to Blogger you can select a viewing size, I would guess you are using the default, try going one size larger. I have seen Oak Galls here in Eastern MA, don't they have a wasp at the center?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip Kathleen, I am still somewhat new to messing with my blog settings etc. I have made the inages larger. Oak galls and all galls that I know of for that matter have the larvae of either a wasp or fly in them. Yes, a wasp in the case of oak apple gall.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful drawings, Nate! Welcome to the EDM group.
ReplyDeleteWonderful blog and art! Welcome to EDM!
ReplyDeleteI find these galls here in W. Michigan too. Fascinating!
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