I mentioned another Barbara Kingsolver book called Prodigal Summer in my blog post yesterday. There is a luna moth pictured on the front cover (one of the main characters is a moth expert!), so I drew one today, along with another art-deco style cup.
Curiously whilst I was drawing this, a short piece played on the radio about a real moth expert, who camps out at night to study the insects she loves. I learned that most moths have tongues curled up like garden hoses to sip nectar from flowers, some moths have hard pointed tongues to drink tree sap, and a few moths have no tongues at all. I'm encouraged to carry on with my moth and butterfly-cups, maybe 'til the end of this month.
I'm linking this up with Sunday Sketches.
If you'd like to see everything from my 365 Days of Tea project so far, click here!
How wonderful your piece is! I love the composition, it is so beautiful!
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DeleteI love the symmetry in this picture - and the cup is adorable. How timely to hear about moths as you paint them....lovely. Happy SS
ReplyDeleteThanks Helen - it was lovely to hear about moths on the radio.. it felt like I was supposed to be drawing one at that time :)
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ReplyDeleteI like your project's idea!! :) And these illustrations with tea and butterflies are like magic for me:) They are awesome, I love these bright bold colours! And I love butterflies (and all kind of insects in general), so it's really interesting to see the way you portray them.:)
Hi Julia, and thank you, for the kind comments and the follow :) I'm having so much fun looking at pictures of butterflies and matching them up to teacups!
DeleteThat's amazing - I love the shape the whole picture makes - just fabulous. The green is gorgeous and amazing detailing on everything. FAB !!! xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Ike :)
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