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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • Thanks! :)

    So, I do a grid system first in pencil, then outline the main path, and fill in all the branches just in a flow, based on whim and whimsy. Then I’ll prime the canvas and figure out my color scheme before starting to paint.

    This one was a bit of a test for a 24x48 canvas I’m slowly working on.

    I do a few of these a year just for kicks, this was my most recent big one, 30x40 inches.





  • kat_angstrom@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzWasps
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    2 years ago

    I have some Goldenrod plants in the backyard where every summer a few hundred 5-banded Wasps congregate. The males mob a few plants to show themselves off, covering every leaf and branch and stem until they’re weighing the whole plant down, while the females buzz about checking out the dudes to decide who to mate with.

    I’m grateful to support that colony; they’ve been on and around the neighborhood longer than I have, and honestly, they’re pretty chill. They’re not going to attack unless you do first, and they’re pollinators.

    And for those people who view a mob of several hundred wasps on a single plant as being “gross”, just chill. They got a right to life like we do <3