Our garden has had a cover crop planted
this winter to amend the soil.
One of the crops has been Fava Beans.
Audrey, one of our talented volunteer gardeners,
wanted an image of the plant with the
nodules on the roots.
Once the crop is plowed under the plant
will enrich the soil with nitrogen.
The goal was to get a some what simple
rendering of the plant and roots so a poster
could be made for the garden.
It will educate about
the process of planting cover crops.
First, her partner, Betty, went out and took
photos for me. It was good to have something
I could use inside for a reference.
Next, I set to work creating an image.
I greatly simplified the foliage and blooms.
It turned out pretty well.
Can you see the small round nodules that
are a faint pink in color?
The roots were plentiful and numerous.
I also simplified the mass so the viewer
could see the nitrogen bearing nodules
on the root system.
They were a pretty pink way down
deep in the soil.
This was a fun exercise and once again,
I marvel at Nature and how she manages
to feed the soil and provide us with food.
1 comment:
A COMMENT FROM AUDREY
i went to your blog and was blown over. i posted my comments (see below) and then couldn't send them. i want our art friends to see my comments as well as you to hear them. please, if YOU can, post my comments:
this fava experience was a miracle for me, to see you respond so whole-heartedly to a request and "run with it", in your creative, skillful way. you are the cat's meow! seeing your process documented above is stunning; can it be printed out and posted in the garden display case as well? the paintings are exquisite, the greens, the girth combined with the delicacy of this plant. thank you gifting me with the original works of art. beautiful, so beautiful, even the paper on which they are painted. and you even caught the pink of the first roots i pulled. blessed be. love, audrey
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