Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Sting Nettle




There are some pretty immense patches of nettles along the eastern most trail in the wetlands. The trail runs along the Wakarusa River through the woods for a half mile or so.  I had been interested in how each plant displays a very flat arrangement of leaves at the top of the plant.  I was able to get a drawing to approximate it from the side, using a ball point pen that I found in the car, as I had forgotten to put anything in my pocket to draw with. 




Here is another plant, drawn a little more from the top.  Shannon gave me a 3 legged camping stool for father's day which I was sitting on for these pencil sketches that I finished up with some ink at home. As kids we used to run through this stuff on the way to the river, sometimes chased by a billy goat. Fortunately the blisters seldom lasted even until we returned home for supper.


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