Showing posts with label Flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flowers. Show all posts

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Rain Lily

Here is the digital illustration of Rain Lily (Zephyranthes rosea). It is a grass flower. I created it using Inkscape - a vector drawing program. The flower is small and can easily be seen in the front-yard of houses in tropical region. It is very beautiful pink/ red flower. That's the reason I make this drawing. It looks fresh in the morning light after a good rain in the previous night.
Rain Lily (Zephyranthes rosea)
Rain Lily

I like drawing with the classic media using pencil and colored pencils or watercolour on paper but I also know how to draw digitally. Now, I use Autodesk Sketchbook if I want to make a digital artwork. My device is Samsung Galaxy Tab A with S-pen. 
The Rain Lily is available in prints on various kinds of products of Redbubble from poster, canvas print, and art board to sticker, throw pillow, t-shirt. Please, visit my online Redbubble shop to have a look at them: Rain Lily.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Pink Orchid Flowers

This is the watercolor painting of orchid flowers that I saw in Raja Ampat. I don't know its species name. I just enjoy drawing the flowers.
tropical flower
Orchid Flower
There are a lot of flowers in the jungle of West Papua. Some of them are Glory Vine (Faradaya Splendida), Terrestrial Orchids (Spathoglottis plicata), and Cananga or Ylang-ylang.
When I guide tourists on a trekking trip in the jungle of Arfak mountains or Klasow valley, I often see flowers in tall trees. Birds and butterflies like to gather in those trees to eat or collect the nectar.
Besides making the watercolor artwork above, I also made the vector graphic version of the pink orchids using Inkscape. Creating a vector illustration is not as intuitive as drawing on a paper or painting on a canvas. However, the advantages of having a transparent background and the ability to export to png file in any size are two things which digital printing companies such as zazzle or redbubble need from our artworks.
As a matter of fact, it was my first experience using Inkscape. Now, it is available in my Tropical Art store on various products from T-shirts, to mugs and spiral notebook.

White Terrestrial Orchid Shirt
White Terrestrial Orchid