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]]>“I like to start with a person or a pose and work it into a possible scene. What they’re doing can inspire the scenery around them. I go straight in with color when I’m drawing, but as the image develops I tweak the colors to suit each other,” the artist shared in an interview for Ballpit and added that in addition to create her art she uses her iPad and Procreate.
Although she has reached a little over 1,000 followers, we really enjoyed browsing through her Instagram page and we believe that you will enjoy it, too. Follow her for future updates.
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we somehow managed to have yesterday! 
Oh to get to see the leaves 
change—what a delight! Thanks to everyone who joined in on both the private and public event. I hope you got much out of the day, including good friends and good information. Thanks for taking part in the whole day with us! Next trip for the #HowToMakeAPlantLoveYou Book Tour 
will be coming to Massachusetts in mid-Nov, so stay tuned here and homesteadbrooklyn.com/workshops for details. 
@hgtvSummer is a model, Youtuber, and environmentalist with a life-long love of plants, especially potted plants. Her goal in life is to celebrate nature and introduce it to our modern, urban lifestyle.
Summer (yes, that is the name her parents gave her) has always loved nature, and she even studied biology and botany in university. She wanted to continue her education and become a scientist, but she soon realized her real goal in life was to educate the general public. She’s been working with scientists, nursery owners, and activists to help spread the gospel of the urban jungle.
And the most insane detail is her own plants– Summer has over 1,000 of them in her small Brooklyn apartment! Talk about an urban jungle!
@stevesleavesinc unboxing on @YouTube (Ep 38-49), 
which hopefully helped show the world some of the amazing selections he has to offer (shout out to #KippeeTheHen) who helped on one of the unboxings. Rest in peace my little burd. 
, so I really wanted to figure out how to take those pain points away. I partnered up with one of my friends, Benita, and we ran the company out of this room for almost two years—until we won the Cartier Business Awards for North America and raised a round of venture capital—a crazy feat in and of itself considering that women-led businesses were only getting around 7% of venture dollars during that time…a statistic that hasn’t budged very much in the past decade. (A point of discussion for another time!) … My business partner, Benita, went on to run the company (it sold earlier this year), so it lives on, albeit in a different form. But during the time of running the company, this room was filled with textile swatches 
and fabrics from over two dozen countries—Cambodia to India; Peru to the United States; Madagascar to Mozambique. If you swipe to the other pictures, you’ll see images of the old room and from the Cartier competition! I had always wanted a green wall in this room because the lighting was SO good, but the idea got postponed until 2012. That’s when I got a little of my life back (running a start-up company from your home is an all-consuming endeavor, as you can imagine). Source4Style got a new office space, and I began exploring concepts around other sustainable systems—like 
food—and taking the global sourcing concepts that I gleaned from Source4Style and applying them into really hyper local food systems…all while building out the green wall 
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]]>Corrie Beth is a lifelong artist with a passion for crafting and DIY. She’s been creating with papier-mâché, paper, wood, fabric, and other materials for years, and her works have been featured in some of the biggest art and design magazines out there.
Recently her focus has been on recreating the most popular houseplants with paper. For her, paper plants combine the joy of crafting with the beauty of nature. Paper plants are affordable, don’t need to be watered, and never die.
Her Instagram account, Corrie Beth Makes, is dedicated to her leafy creations, which are incredibly realistic. She’s even published a book with step-by-step guides to creating your own papery garden! Even crazy plant folks with green thumbs and actual plants will enjoy this fun, creative idea.
#Easter #eastertable #easterbrunch #paperleaves #ihavethisthingwithpink
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]]>Valesca van Waveren
Based in Amsterdam, illustrator and ceramist Valesca van Waveren treats her house plants with kindness. They serve as sources of inspiration for her cheerful illustrations, through which she explores the many ways humans and nature interact with each other. “Without plants, we would be nowhere,” she relayed in an interview with Flow. “They purify the air that we breathe, and much of our food comes from their fruit, seeds, leaves, and roots. By taking good care of plants, we are also taking good care of the world and ourselves.”
Chloe Joyce
There are two main subjects that Chloe Joyce’s illustrations seem to wholly focus on: women and house plants. Situated in their home environments, her characters seem laid back, if a bit pensive. Based in Sydney, Joyce admits she’s most inspired when traveling. “Being around new cultures and landscapes is incredibly invigorating and can really shake up how you view your work,” she reflected in an interview with Twenty Something Humans.
#livingmybestfancyboylife #pluckingmytoehairs #hairytoes #chloejoyceillustrations #selfportrait #chloejoycedesigns #illustration #femaleillustrator #digitalillustration #pencilillustration #pencil #gouachebrushes #procreate #ipadpro #plants #guacamole #guacamoleillustration #plantillustration #freelancer #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller #artprint #illustrator #crosswords #crosswordlife
. . . #chloejoyceillustrations #chloejoycedesigns #illustration #femaleillustrator #digitalillustration #pencilillustration #pencil #watercolour #plants #plantillustration #freelancer #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller #artprint #illustrator #ipadpro #procreate #adobesketchAmy Lincoln
New York-based artist Amy Lincoln makes acrylic paintings that are wholly engulfed by plants. Though first attracted to portraits, as time passed she found herself more and more drawn to plants. “When I was in grad school I started keeping potted plants, and they occasionally made their way into my paintings,” she recalled in an interview with Maake Magazine. “In about 2009 I got more interested in painting plants and since about 2012 plants and landscape are pretty much the only thing I paint.”
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]]>“Moving to Switzerland in 2010 rekindled my admiration for the beauty and complexity of the natural world, which I first discovered as a child by wandering the woodlands and prairies of my native Minnesota,” wrote Buck on her website.
“As an adult, I pursued degrees in biology, fine arts, and environmental studies before entering the profession of landscape architecture. While fortunate to have a career that melds my interests in both the design and natural world, the minutiae of the meadows have become my meditation – a break from the bustle of daily life and a return back to the wonder that inspired me from such a young age.”
“In 2019 I brought the freshly pressed project back with me to Minnesota, where I continue to collect, press, and add to my herbarium collection,” she went on to say. “It has been an adventure in rediscovering the species from my childhood, which I now view with a new appreciation.”
Working intimately with her growing collection of pressed specimens, Buck says she came to realize the unique beauty in each plant. Soon, what began as a scientific exploration became an artistic endeavor. Through her online collection, she hopes to connect with others and inspire further exploration of the melding of art and nature.
“I am fascinated by botanical history- how we as humans have applied meaning and value to different plant species as a way to connect to our surroundings and how we can tap into this history as a motivation to preserve and protect our biodiversity nowadays,” she writes. “I believe that designers and scientists can both benefit from exploring across fields.”
But even laymen like us can enjoy her botanical collection.
Originating from Mediterranean Europe, this plant has been cultivated throughout the continent as fodder for livestock. Despite its wide range of cultivation, it has only been found naturalized in Lower Austria and parts of southern Germany, where it can be found growing amongst other wildflowers in fields, meadows, and along roadsides on loamy soils. The plant is edible by humans as well; the flowers can be brewed as a tea and the seeds roasted and used in salads. Collected: April 22, 2018. Gross Siegharts, Waidhofen an der Thaya. 
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Based in Leicester, Hall sells prints, cards, stationery and other paper goodies that are almost entirely dedicated to plants. Living and working from her untraditional houseboat, Hall is constantly inspired by the nature surrounding her. “I think living on a boat my whole life has made me into a nature lover!” she admits on her website.
Describing her style as loose line work, and loose watercolor illustrations, her work has a spontaneity to it. “I nearly always use the first illustration I create for my final patterns rather than over developing it, which I think relates nicely to the unprocessed natural world,” she explains.
“I’ve been surrounded by nature since I was little and I think I forget that the animals/nature I see isn’t what people see day to day unless you live where I live, so I shouldn’t take it for granted,” she added in an interview with Ohh Deer. “I love being outside and walking and always feel inspired when I’ve spent some time outdoors.”
As her love for nature bloomed, so has Hall’s interest in its preservation. The majority of the products she sells are packaged in 100% biodegradable and compostable clear corn starch “plastic” bags, and all her paper goods have been made either using recycled materials or are FSC approved.
Check out some of her work in the gallery below:
thought I’d join in with #artvsartist and show my face even if the photo is abit zoomed out haha. Thought it would be a good opportunity to say hello to new followers and tell you a little bit about myself! I studied Graphics and Illustration at DMU, and graduated nearly 7 years ago. Since then I haven’t stopped drawing and painting! I work from my little desk in my bedroom on the boat at the mo, but we are currently renovating our first house where there’s a studio waiting and I can’t wait to get in there 
what helps you when you get stuck with work?
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]]>The answer is – yes! To solve the problem of dying plants, a group of creatives designed Lua, a smart planter with a LED display that shows how the plant “feels” and its essential needs at the moment.
To do that, Lua displays 15 different super-cute real-time animations. Lua’s ‘face’ will tell you if the plant is thirsty or feeling sick from too much water, if it needs more sunlight (let it sit in the dark for too long and it becomes a vampire!), or less sunlight, if it’s cold (Lua will sneeze if the temperature drops) or too hot. Six of the animations are directly related to your plant’s health, while the other nine, such as winking, sticking the tongue out and being grumpy, are meant to entertain.
If all the needs are satisfied, Lua will display her happy face and brighten up your living room! How cool is that?
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]]>But even though the art of bonsai has been most associated with Japan, it actually originated first around 600 AD in China and then spread eastward, coming to Japan only in the 12th century. During the Kamakura period in Japan, the nation adopted many Chinese cultural trademarks, among which was this delicate hobby, mainly spread by Japanese Buddhist monks who brought the tiny trees from pilgrimages to China.
The Japanese created a new distinct style by growing single trees instead of creating landscapes, which was the traditional Chinese way. The developed a more refined, naturalistic look which required more grooming, and thought of the trees as a visual representation of their beliefs about the harmony between man and the natural world. By the 14th century the practice of creating bonsai became less associated with religion and flourished as an independent art form, and today it is a favorite pastime for many passionate bonsai enthusiasts.
Enjoy this gallery of enchanting bonsai art!
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