“Five Cherries,” Colored Pencil and Ink, June 2, 2024

This week, I start the online Cornell University Botanical Illustration 1: Basic Drawing Techniques ~8-week class. For awhile I feel like I need a focus, and since I’ve always been interested in flowers and plants, this seemed like a fun way to spend some of the summer.

Before class officially started, I thought I’d do some drawings…and then maybe compare them to my drawings at the end of class to see how I have improved. With “Five Cherries,” my intent was to have a simple composition, taking into account the positioning of the curves of the stems and different angles of the cherries.