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Iris Varieties of Monterey

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Be sure to check out my art on my new site! [link]

Another assignment for CSUMB's Science Illustration Graduate Program: this time it's a botanical field guide/poster page.

I really wanted to do irises, and I had a blast hunting around my town (Monterey, CA) taking pictures of all the different types of iris I could find (in city hall, neighbor's gardens, etc...). I found about 7 different types (in various shapes and colors), but did not have the time to draw them all, so here I have some of the 3 most common ones that I could identify:

The Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana) native to California, Sweet Iris (Iris pallida) native to Croatia, and African Iris (Dietes bicolor) native to South Africa.

If I have the time, I would love to make another page with the rest of the iris types I found!

Painted in Photoshop using my own photo references.

Art copyright me. For my portfolio display only; please do not use without my permission.
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Miribell's avatar
My goodness, these are beautiful. Add the research you did on them...absolutely amazing. Stunning.