This month\u2019s big project is painting a floral still life of my niece\u2019s wedding bouquet.<\/p><\/div>\n

May is a busy month for a botanical artist in northern New Mexico! The weather is warming up and the early wildflowers are beginning to bloom\u2014if the winter snows have been good. Field sketching season begins in earnest this month. Tragically, this year the Cerro Pelado wildfire, and the Cook\u2019s Peak\/Hermit\u2019s Peak wildfires have been ravaging the national forests in the Jemez and Las Vegas\/Mora areas.<\/p>\n

This month I\u2019ll be working on painting the wedding bouquet of my youngest niece. It will be interesting to try working in a less fanatically detailed, yet still realistic style.<\/p>\n

I also will be doing planning, researching and sketching to tackle the Santa Fe cholla plate that has stymied me for so long.<\/p>\n

Finally, I want to get some detailed research drawings and studies on Penstemon strictus, Iris missouriensis, and a small penstemon that grows on the trail in my subdivision.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, and I\u2019d also really like to get a piece ready to enter the Trinity Wharf Buoy competition. But let\u2019s not get ahead of ourselves!<\/p>\n

What about you? What creative endeavors have you got planned for this month? Please share your project ideas in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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