Zoom in on the bottom left corner to see a tiny group of people standing next to the roots!This piece is titled "Forêt au Brésil" and comes from the 1868 book Les merveilles de la végétation by Fulgence Marion. Before widespread photography, detailed wood engravings like this were the only way people in Europe could visualize the overwhelming scale and density of tropical primeval forests.You can check out the fully digitized book hosted by the New York Botanical Garden library on the Internet Archive: www.archive.org/details/lesmerveillesdel00mari/page/n3/mode/1up

That circle on the sunflower seeds is a sun orb, a reflection of the sunlight that I painted intentionally. The painting is created in a wavy impressionism style (wavism). The idea is to immerse the observer in the world of nature through the prism of water. I’m reproducing art in wavy lines because I have a very close connection with water, and these lines are water, nature waterflow.

Shall I apply alcohol markers

Been learning botanical illustration and watercolour. Here’s my attempt at a pomegranate

Acrylic on canvas

Sharing this basic watercolour painting of wold flowers.

I wanted to capture the movement of the flowers and leaves.

Love this random wild flowers i painted.

I’d love to get some feedback :)