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Vorobik Botanical Art

P.O. Box 866, Lopez Island, WA 98261. 510-520-2423. vorobik@gmail.com

All images on this site copyright Linda Ann Vorobik unless otherwise stated; Use granted only with written permission.

 
 
 

 

Linda's botanical art can be seen at Chimera Gallery on Lopez Island. Her paintings, prints and notecards can also be viewed and purchased directly from her at other events, or at retail outlets.

Notecard 6-Pack: Art Processes

Boxed set of 6 cards plus envelopes including the designs below. Click on images to learn more about each card.

Cards are A7 (5 by 7 inches) size, on watercolor paper with a deckled edge.

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(to right and far right) Pencil and Ink Draft of Botanical Illustration

This notecard set begins with a card that has a technical pen and ink drawing on the front, with a portion of the pencil draft shown on the back side of the card.

Psychilis PENCIL draft Psychilis Pen and Ink draft

(to right) Paint the Onion

A notecard showing a classic excercise for learning how to paint watercolors: they are built up, one layer at a time.

(far right) Painting White Flowers: Calla Lily

A card of the white flowers of Calla Lily. The challenge of painting white flowers is how to make them show up on the page. The three flowers here are executed a. by exagerating values (darks and lights) (on left), b. by using a dark background (center), and c. by using an ink or other dark outline (right).

onion watercolor by vorobik Calla Lily, "Painting White Flowers"

Orchid, new subspecies, PENCIL draft

Psychilis Pencil Draft

Orchid, new subspecies, INK draft

Psychilis Ink Draft

Watercolor excercise

"Paint the Onion"

Calla Lily

"Painting White Flowers"

(to right and far right) Value study and three watercolors of a white orchid flower

One notecard has the value study on the front, and on the back the study with ink outline, and the study with the green background, showing different ways to paint white flowers. Another notecard has the flower with the blue background on the front. The final notecard in this 6-pack is the "ta-da" example of a fnished study.

Oncidiinae orchid, value study Oncidiinae orchid, pen and ink with watercolor Oncidiinae orchid, green background Oncidiinae orchid, blue-gray background Medley of 3 Oncidiinae orchids

Bllra. Tahoma Glacier 'Sugar Sweet', Value Study

Oncidiinae hybrid

Bllra. Tahoma Glacier 'Sugar Sweet', Pen and Ink with Watercolor

Oncidiinae hybrid

Bllra. Tahoma Glacier 'Sugar Sweet', Watercolor

Oncidiinae hybrid

Bllra. Tahoma Glacier 'Sugar Sweet', Watercolor

Oncidiinae hybrid

Medley of Oncidiiae, Watercolor

hybrid taxa within the subtribe Oncidiinae

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