We’re so glad to hear that you enjoy line art for this reason Rhonda!
]]>Yay! Thank you for sharing your recommendation 🙂
]]>Anemone!
]]>Thanks so much Jennifer!
]]>HI Marge! You are definitely creative! And in regards to supplies, I’m about keeping it simple. A waterproof pen and watercolor paper will be great – same supplies as for slow drawing. Can’t wait to draw together!
]]>Hi Jennifer: Wonderful explanation. I know I’ve read all this before, but it’s a lot to retain! 🤪 Happy drawing! xo
]]>Here’s basically how flowers work:
The male sex organs in flowers are called stamens, and they are composed of 2 parts—the filament, which is the sort of thread-like stalk part, and the anther, which is the little bulb structure that you are drawing at the top of the filament. The anthers are what has the pollen (the plant’s male sex cells) in them.
The female flower part is called the pistil, and it is (often/usually) made of 3 parts—the ovary at the bottom (which when fertilized, grows into fruit), then there may be one or more projections called styles going upward from the ovary, and at the top of the style is an often sticky structure called the stigma, which helps to catch and hold pollen so the ovary below can be fertilized.
Many/most plant species have flowers that have both stamens and pistils located together in each flower, so looking at it closely, you might notice a bunch of anthers, but then a differently shaped/differently colored thing or things also sticking up in the central area of the flower, which would be the stigma(s) at the top(s) of the pistil(s).
Some plant species, however, have unisexual flowers, so that each flower has either just stamens or just pistils, but not both together in the same flower. Male and female unisexual flowers can be located on the same plant or on totally separate plants, depending on the species in question (many gardeners might be familiar with hollies, where you need to plant individuals of both sexes near each other to get berries to form on the female holly plant).
Hope this explanation on how flowers work helps! Sorry if it was a bit more than you really wanted to know….but now you’ve got all the main words. = )
Have a good weekend!
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