DRAW WITH ME
a drawing project exploring native flora in the Western suburbs of Adelaide
grasslands - draw with me
Hello, my name is Louise and I am an Artist that lives in the inner western suburbs of Adelaide. I would like to invite you to join me in my virtual studio on a journey as I attempt to make a drawing a day with my children at home responding to a new plant each day. We will be using a list of plants in the Spear-Grass & Wallaby-Grass Grassland that once existed in the Western suburbs of Adelaide, including 80 plants.
Share your work and lets all create an online exhibition by posting it on Instagram with the hashtag: #grasslandsdrawwithme
(if you are not on Instagram you can email them to me and I will post them) Follow along at: @grasslands.drawwithme
This is a project that is open to everyone of any age (children will need an adult to help them to navigate the hunt to the photo of the plant)
Materials.
You do not need special materials for this and you do not need to buy new things (try and find things you already have at home):
paper, paper packaging, recycled paper, reuse old drawings, newspaper, etc (I will be recycling old drawings to re-draw onto)
Keep your paper all the same size (it can be a mix of paper) . I recommend having them all at a rough postcard size (my paper is all: 12.5 x 17.5cm) . You can use different types of paper during the process just keep them the same size.
Drawing implements:
(Anything that makes a mark)
pencils, pens, felt tip pens, biros, ink and brush , paint, textas, charcoal, pastels , crayons etc
Plant hunt.
Each day I will announce the name of a plant to draw on Instagram @grasslands.drawwithme
You can hunt for a photo using the Seeds of South Australia website
for example the first plant will be: Acacia acinacea (Wreath Wattle)
Go to: https://spapps.environment.sa.gov.au/SeedsOfSA/home.html
Click on: Search
Click on: Using Scientific Name
Type in the GENUS box: Acacia (first word of name only)
Click search
Go through the names of the Acacia’s and find Acacia acinacea and click on that.
You will then be taken to a page with photos of that plant.
Choose one photo to work from
see images below for more navigation help
And draw.
Draw your plant how ever you would like (maybe set yourself a time limit to draw each day)
Find a blank wall at home that you can slowly fill with drawings. Build the art work over time .
You can join me just for one day, a few days, every day - it is up to you!!
I might load up a few videos of drawing exercises at some point to help you to gear up to draw - watch this space...
Because I am doing this while also teaching and caring for my children there may be some days where it just doesn’t happen and we need a day off - or I get carried away in the garden and forgot to draw - bare with me...
I am learning as I do this and I am sure I will refine and make things better as I go along. Send me a message if you have any suggestions or comments.
List of plants.
Week 1.
30.3 - Acacia acinacea - wreath wattle
31.3 - Acacia ligulata - umbrella bush
1.4 - Acacia paradoxa - kangaroo thorn
2.4 - Acacia pycnantha - golden wattle
3.4 - Acacia victoriae - elegant wattle
Week 2.
6.4 - Arthropodium fimbriatum - nodding chocolate lily
7.4 - Arthropodium strictum - chocolate lily
8.4 - Atriplex australasica - green saltbush
9.4 - Atriplex semibaccata - berry saltbush
10.4 - day off!
Week 3.
13.4 - day off!
14.4 - Atriplex suberecta - lagoon saltbush
15.4 - Rytidosperma caespitosum - wallaby grass
16.4 - Austrostipa curticoma - short-crest spear-grass
17.4 - Austrostipa flavescens - coast spear-grass
Week 4.
20.4 - Austrostipa nitida - calcara spear grass
21.4 - Austrostipa semibarbata - fibrous spear grass
22.4 - Austrostipa variabilis - variable spear grass
23.4 - Boerhavia dominii - tar vine
24.4 - Brachyscome ciliaris - wooly variable daisy
Plant List continued.
Brunonia australis - blue pincushion
Bulbine bulbosa - bulbine lily, native leek
Calostemma purpureum - pink garland lily
Carex bichenoviana - notched sedge
Carex gaudichaudiana - fen sedge
Plant List continued.
Carex tereticaulis - rush sedge
Chamesyce drummondii - caustic weed
Chloris truncata - windmill grass
Cotula australis - common cotula
Craspedia glauca - billy buttons
Follow the journey.
