{"id":3783,"date":"2012-05-01T13:33:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T13:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christinefarmer.com\/home\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2022-02-02T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:48:33","slug":"rose-leaves-in-ink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christinefarmer.com\/home\/2012\/05\/rose-leaves-in-ink\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose leaves in ink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last summer I picked and kept some of the rose leaves from the garden, and I have dried these and kept them for making drawings from. Some of them include leaves which have lots of holes which have been cut by leafcutter bees, who use the leaf circles to construct their nests. You can read more about this process and how the bees use the leaves here<\/a><\/strong>. Over winter I have been studying these leaves in detail, learning about their structure, and drawing them in various media. The drawings have mainly been practices for me, but some will be sale later in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose leaves cut by leafcutter bees, drawn in brush and ink<\/h2>\n\n\n\n