I am drawing a gray oak leaf (Quercus grisea) and loving the white fuzz on it. Actually drawing it, on the other hand . . . I have to look at how people draw textures like this, because drawing in a zillion little dots is going to drive me around the bend. Of course, I could draw it white on black, e.g. with a scratchboard. That would be better suited, but still, why do I let myself in for this level of detail?
So, I’ll continue working on it, and post tomorrow, but in the meantime I’ll be searching for botanical drawings of fuzzy plants.
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May 18, 2022 at 11:44 pm
Erp
It does have a lot of dots
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296221-1#bibliography
“Q. grisea can be distinguished from both species by its tree habit, and densely velutinous leaves with appressed stellate trichomes which completely cover both surfaces.”
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321916920_Distribution_and_diversity_of_Fagaceae_in_Hidalgo_Mexico
(which has both pictures and drawings of oaks)
I like the word “velutinous” meaning “covered with short, dense, silky, upright hairs; soft and velvety”
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