Actinotus minor (Lesser Flannel Flower) Mo 15
a day of sampling inkjet papers in house and tweaking the scan in Photoshop to get the colour balance & detail right
have ordered some more inkjet paper and card samples which will arrive early next week, the xmas card is coming together!
there were no Flannel Flowers available at the wholesale nurseries on Tuesday or at the Flower Markets on Thursday
so I bought a bunch of gumnuts and a couple of allium flowers for fun
drawing helps me understand what’s going on…
Actinotus minor (Lesser Flannel Flower)
Posted: November 7, 2015 by Mo Crow in It's Crow TimeTags: art cards, illustration, works on paper, xmas
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It's Crow Time 
Your card is looking great, and I agree about drawing.
was surprised how in the last few months I have been doing a lot of stitching with making the 100 heart talismans, the crow eye amulets & the Dark Moon Dancer and editing the drawings for the book but very little drawing from life, the lynch pin that holds the process
Love the gum nuts and allium flowers. I used to buy gum nuts at Fox Markets – a memory that reminds me I do still miss the eastern suburbs… I’ve been mulling over my Christmas card; last year I missed out altogether after a lifetime of making cards, so this year I’m hoping to get my act together. X fingers!
am feeling a bit sore about one particular stall at the flower markets, am I being taken for a mug? should I haggle? his prices are about twice that of everyone else but he does have a very good selection… good luck with the card gathering!
I’ve never been able to haggle, Mo. My dad was a flower grower and I spent a lot of very, very early mornings at the old flower markets. Some wonderful memories of those days. I suppose prices reflect where the gum nuts came from. His own property, or flown from WA, or bought in for reselling. If he has the best selection then he almost has the upper hand… ((((Mo))))
thanks Carol, I’ll try to be a little more canny next time, flower farming is a hard but beautiful way to make a living. My Mom grew up on a small mixed farm in Quebec, keeping the horses, dairy cows and chickens in the barn all winter must have been a challenge!
A challenge indeed! I can’t begin to imagine such cold. I’m such a wimp I had to wear a cardigan yesterday; goodness knows how I’d survive if we had a sudden ice age… ☃
Yes, drawing and handwriting does it…………daily………
I have to physically write & draw on paper to be able to think about anything, what comes out of my mouth is just a tangential stream of consciousness that makes little sense to me, let alone the person I am trying to have a conversation with & typing… I am the slowest most awkward two finger typist on the world, it takes way too long to form a sentence here in the cyber sea!
glorious card Mo, I can’t draw for nuts!!!! ox
PS.. hope you and Rod are wearing gardening gloves whilst working.. Mike was bitten by a spider last week and spent 3 days in hospital, on a drip and will stay on anti b’s for another 2 weeks. His thumb is mess, but looking better than it was.
PPS have something v special for you two , watch for mail!!
((((Marg))) gosh hope Mike is feeling better soon and no worries here, we always wear gloves, look forward to the surprise!
I will forever associate little red x’s with you. of course, I see the moon in your drawings. & just today there was a conversation about how I can hardly put two sentences together with my voice, sometimes I see the strain in people’s faces as they try to follow along . . .
(((Cindy))) we are such kindred spirits!
drawing/understanding yes. so much, yes.
look forward to seeing what falls out of your hands with those inktense pencils !