>> HI, I'M JIM ARNOSKY.

EVERY ARTIST FINDS THEIR OWN KEY TO DRAWING PLANTS.

SOME ARE IMPRESSIONISTIC AND SOME ARE VERY SCIENTIFIC, IN FACT, SOME OF THEM ARE QUITE CLINICAL.

TODAY ON "DRAWING FROM NATURE" WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT PLANTS BOTH WAYS.

>> "DRAWING FROM NATURE" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM -- WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE MEMBERS OF VERMONT ETV.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> I WONDER ABOUT PLANT LIFE.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PLANTS THERE ARE AND ALL OF THEIR NAMES.

I WANT TO FIND THE HIDING PLACES PLANTS HAVE, TO SEE THEIR ROOTS, FEEL THEIR LEAVES.

SMELL THEIR FLOWERS.

EVERY ARTIST FINDS A KEY TO DRAWING PLANTS.

I LIKE TO CONSTRUCT PLANTS SCIENTIFICALLY, AND THEN ADD MY IMPRESSIONS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PLANT, START DOWN NEAR ITS ROOTS.

SEE HOW IT COMES OUT OF THE GROUND.

THEN, LOOK UPWARD, SEE IF THE STEM GROWS STRAIGHT, NOTICE WHERE THE STEM BRANCHES.

HERE, LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS A LONG, STRAIGHT SECTION OF THE STEM, AND THEN IT BRANCHES AGAIN.

IS THE PLANT HAS GOT TO HAVE LEAVES, SO LOOK AT THE LEAF, AND SEE ITS SHAPE.

NOTICE IF THERE IS ANY TOOTH OR TOOTHING AROUND THE EDGES HERE.

NOTICE HOW IT VEINS.

IF THOSE VEINS BRANCH OUT, CAN% YOU SEE THAT?

AND THEN NOTICE, REMEMBER HOW THE LEAF IS ATTACHED TO THE STEM.

THIS ONE HERE HAS ONE LEAF ON THIS SIDE AND ONE LEAF ON THIS SIDE.

ONE LEAF ON THIS SIDE.

ALL THE WAY UP.

EACH LEAF HAS ITS OWN PLACE IN THE SUN.

SEE THE LEAVES ARE JUST BIG ENOUGH SO EACH ONE OF THEM HAS A PLACE IN THE SUN.

THEY DON'T SHADOW ONE ANOTHER TOO OFTEN.

NOW, UP HERE'S THE SEED.

THIS IS THE FRUITS GROWING ON THE PLANT.

NOTICE HOW THEY ARE ATTACHED TO THE STEM, HOW THEY ATTACH TO THE PLANT.

THESE STARTED A CLUSTER BETWEEN TWO LEAVES, AND THEN THEY KIND OF BRANCH OUT, AND THEN AT THE END, THEY BRANCH OUT AGAIN WITH EACH LITTLE FRUIT AT THE TOP OF THE MINOR BRANCH.

THESE ALL WILL PROBABLY BE SEED PODS, I SUPPOSE, LATER ON.

I HAVE TO SIT AROUND HERE AND WAIT TO SEE, BUT I GUESS SO.

AND THEN HERE, LOOK AT THIS.

SEE HOW THE INSECTS HAVE DAMAGED THIS LEAF?

YOU ADD THAT TO YOUR DRAWINGS, AND YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE YOUR PICTURE LOOK MORE REAL, MORE LIKE NATURE.

WATER PLANTS THAT APPEAR TO BE FLOATING ON THE SURFACE ARE, ACTUALLY, ATTACHED SOMEWHERE DOWN TO THE POND BOTTOM.

SEE THE STEM ON THRI THIS -- ONS LILY'S PAD?

THEY ARE ALL ATTACHED SOMEWHERE ON THE BOTTOM.

HERE, LET ME SHOW YOU.

SEE THE STEM?

SEE THESE STEMS?

HERE, THIS IS A GOOD ONE.

SEE THAT STEM?

IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN AND ATTACHES TO A ROOT SYSTEM, AND WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING WATER PLANTS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE IT.

IF YOU ARE DRAWING LILY PADS, YOU HAVE TO FLOAT THEM ON THE SURFACE OF YOUR PICTURE IN THE WATER, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO SUGGEST THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ATTACHED TO A STEM THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN AND ANCHORS SOMEWHERE, OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THEY ARE JUST FLOATING FLEELY FLEE -- FREELY, OTHERWISE IT HAS SENSE OF A PURPOSE, OR A PLACE.

ACTUALLY, THAT'S THE WORD BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU ARE DOING A WATER SCENE AND YOU PUT PLANTS IN IT AND YOU ADD A FEW ANIMALS, YOU ARE CREATING A PLACE ON PAPER.

♪ THE BEAR CAME OVER THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SEE UP HERE PLANTS HAVE TO MAKE DUE WITH SPARSE SOIL AND ROCKY TERRAIN.

IN FACT, IT AFFECTS THE WAY THAT THEY LOOK.

A PLANT THAT GROWS DOWN FARTHER WILL LOOK ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN THE VERY SAME PLANT THAT WOULD GROW UP ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN, SUCH AS THIS.% I'VE BEEN UP HERE IN ALMOST ALL OF THE SEASONS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN WINTERTIME, IT'S NO PICNIC UP HERE.

JUST STAYING ALIVE MUST BE A JOB FOR THE SYSTEMS INSIDE THESE PLANTS.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK HERE.

LOOK HOW ALL THESE PLANTS KIND OF HUG THE GROUND LIKEN TRENCHED PLATOONS OF SOLDIERS UNDER ENEMY FIRE.

THE ENEMY AND THE FIRE IS THE EXPOSURE TO HARSH WINDS AND TEMPERATURES.

ALL KINDS OF PLANTS GROWING AROUND HERE.

EVEN THE FAMILIAR PLANTS, EVEN THE ONES THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT AREN'T LIKE THIS, LOOK A LITTLE RUGGED.

THEY LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE GOT A JOB GROWING UP HERE.

WHEN YOU DRAW PLANTS IN THE HARSH ENVIRONMENT, DRAW PLANTS THAT GROW ON SPARSE SOIL, ARCTIC PLANTS, GROUND HUGGING PLANTS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE LOOK, GIVE THEM THAT HARDY LOOK THAT THEY DESERVE.

SHOW WHERE THEY ADVANCE ON THE LANDSCAPE AND WHERE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIG IN.

I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ADVANCE TOO FAR UP HERE.

THIS IS PRETTY ROCKY FROM HERE ON UP.

LOOK AT THIS.

THIS LITTLE PLANT, THIS IS WHERE IT'S ADVANCING.

THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY ADVANCING ON THE LANDSCAPE.

HERE, THIS IS ALREADY -- THESE ARE SETTING THE LITTLE PATH -- THESE LITTLE TYPES OF LIKEN AND THINGS GROWING ON THE ROCK, ITSELF, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL PIECES OF SOIL.

HERE'S THE LITTLE MOSSES.

LIKEN.

THEN THIS BERRY PLANT.

IT'S LIKE COMING UP, SETTING UP, ESTABLISHING YOURSELF, GOING UP, ESTABLISHING MORE PLANT LIFE, FARTHER UP TO FINALLY THEY HAVE GOT THE HILL.

THEY HAVE TAKEN IT.

DOWN IN THE LOWLANDS, THE SOIL IS RICH AND MOIST.

PLANTS CAN GROW LUSH HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE PROTECTED FROM WIND AND EXTREME WEATHER.

IT'S SO RICH, IN FACT, THAT AT A FIRST GLANCE, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A BLUR OF GREEN.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU WILL SEE IT'S A WORLD FULL OF INTERESTING INDIVIDUALS.

IMMIGPLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE A PRIVILEGED CHARACTER.

THEY ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEMSELVES MOVE.

AND EVERY MOVEMENT THEY PERFORM IS AN EXPRESSION OF LIFE.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO -- THIS REBOUND PLANT IS A PROJECT OF MINE.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE FOR A WHILE NOW.

IT'S STAYING ALIVE, THOUGH.

I JUST LIKE THE WAY THAT ALL THAT SHOWS.

I MAY NEVER PUT IT IN A POT.

NOW, THE PLANTS GROWING INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF THE PLANT MAKE INCIDENTAL MOVEMENTS.

THEY MAKE THESE MOVEMENTS IN RESPONSE TO GRAVITY, LIGHT, AND TOUCH.

THESE TYPES OF MOVEMENTS WE CALL TROPISMS, AND THEY ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN NATURE BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THEY FUN TO REALIZE WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THINGS, BUT THEY ARE A GREAT DEAL OF FUN TO DRAW.

A PLANT'S RESPONSE TO GRAVITY, WHEN A PLANT MOVES IN RESPONSE TO GRAVITY, WE CALL THAT A GEO TROPISM.

THAT MEANS EARTH BENDING.

HERE, LOOK.

THE MOVEMENT OF THIS ROOT GOING DOWN AND FEELING ITS WAY DOWN INTO THE SOIL.

THE MOVEMENT OF ALL THESE ROOTS GOING DOWN INTO THE SOIL.

LOOK AT THIS ONE.

THESE ARE POSITIVE GEO TROPISMS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TOWARDS THE EARTH.

THE MOVEMENT OF A STEM OF A PLANT, AWAY FROM THE EARTH, OR THE SOIL HERE IN THIS CASE, IS A NEGATIVE GEO TROPISM.

BOTH OF THESE TYPES OF MOVEMENTS ARE GEO TROPISMS, AND BOTH ARE IMPORTANT TO REALIZE WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING PLANTS BECAUSE YOU USE DOWNWARD STROKES FOR THE POSITIVE GEO STROKE TROPISMS AND UPWARD FOR THE NEGATIVE GEO TROPISMS.

WHEN A PLANT MOVES IN RESPONSE TO LIGHT, THAT'S CALLED A PHOTO TROPISM.

PHOTO TROPISM MEANS LIGHT BENDING.

UP HERE.

LOOK UP HERE.

YOU SEE THE WAY THESE -- WE KEEP TURNING THIS PLANT SO THAT ALL OF THE PARTS OF THE PLANT GET A CHANCE TO GET A BIT OF LIGHT WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MUCH CONTORTIONS.

WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR LIGHT.

YOU SEE THE WAY THAT THIS STEM BENDS UPWARD?

THAT'S A PHOTO TROPISM.

THAT'S THE MOVEMENT OF THIS PLANT STEM TOWARDS THE LIGHT.

WHEN THE STEM BENDS TOWARDS THE LIGHT, PART OF PHOTO TROPISM IS THE WAY THAT A LEAF WILL TRY TO FACE THE LIGHT, LIKE A SOLAR PANEL, SO YOU HAVE THE STEM MOVING TOWARDS THE LIGHT AND AT THE SAME TIME THE LEAF BENDING ON ITS OWN LITTLE STEM TO FACE THE LIGHT, TO GATHER AS MUCH LIGHT AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE LEAVES ARE LITTLE SOLAR COLLECTORS, AND THE MORE SURFACE THE LEAF HAS, FACING THE LIGHT SOURCE, THE MORE SUNLIGHT IT CAN CORRECT.

LOOK HERE, SEE.

WE KEEP TURNING THIS PLANT AROUND.

IT WILL EVENTUALLY LOOK EVEN, BUT IF -- CAN YOU LOOK DOWN H HERE?

IF YOU DON'T TURN THE PLANT AROUND, LIKE THIS PLANT WE HAVE LEFT TO ITS OWN, ALL OF THE STEMS OF THE PLANT GO IN ONE DIRECTION TOWARDS THE LIGHT, AND IT LOOKS LOPSIDED.

THAT EVEN HELPS IN THE DRAWING LATER, AND I WILL SHOW YOU HOW A LOT OF WILD PLANTS ARE MORE LIKE THIS, WHERE CULTIVATED PLANTS ARE THE ONES WE KEEP TURNING IN THE WINDOW AND LOOK MORE EVEN, BUT WE WILL GET TO THAT IN THE DRAWINGS LATER ON.

MY THIRD TROPISM IS ONE THAT HAS A FUNNY NAME.

IT'S SIGMO-TROPISM THAT, MEANS TOUCH BENDING, AND THEY ARE THE LIVELIEST LOOKING MOVEMENTS PLANTS MAKE.

IN FACT, WHETHER I DRAW THEM, I USE LIVELY LINES.

I FIND MYSELF MAKING SQUIGGLES IN MY DRAWINGS.

THIS VINE TINDRILL, DO YOU SEE THAT?

WHENEVER THAT TOUCHES SOMETHING IT SLOWLY WRAPS AROUND THE THING IT'S TOUCHING.

IT WRAPS AROUND OTHER TENDRILLS, LOOK AT THIS, IT IS SPRINGY IN A DRAWING, THE MORE YOU TIGHTEN UP THESE CURLS, THE MORE IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLANT IS PULLING, THE HARDER IT LOOKS LIKE THAT PLANT IS PULLING ON WHATEVER IT IS THAT IT IS WRAPPED AROUND.

THIS IS A VERY SLOW MOTION, AND YET, IT STILL HAS A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN IT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MOVING.

HERE, YOU SEE THIS?

HERE'S A TIN DRILL.

IT IS GOING UP AND CURVING IN THE AIR WANTING SOMETHING TO GRAB ONTO.

I BET IF I STOOD HERE, AND KEPT MY FINGER THERE, THIS THING WOULD, IN AN HOUR AND A HALF, WRAP ALL AROUND MY FINGER.

I WONDER IF I SHOULD TAKE THE TIME.

THIS IS THE MOTION OF GROWTH.

RIGHT HERE, YOU HAVE ALL OF THE TWO TROPISMS IN ONE PLANT.

YOU HAVE THIS BENDING TOWARDS THE LIGHT.

SEE THAT?

HERE'S THIS ONE LEAF OPENING ITSELF TO THE LIGHT SOURCE.

THAT'S A PHOTO TROPISM OF THE STEM, AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS PHIGMO-TROPISM HERE.

LOOK AT THAT.

I TELL YOU, THEY ARE LIKE LITTLE CREATURES.

THESE ARE MY FAVORITE, FAVORITE KINDS OF PLANTS ISN'T THAT PRETTY?

THIS IS A PASTURE.

IT'S GOOD TO GET IN THE HABIT TO LINGER WHEREVER YOU FIND A PLANT IN BLOOM.

THE PLANTS ARE LASTING.

THE FLOWERS THEY PRODUCE ARE TEMPORARY.

THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT BLOOMS.

WHEN I LOOK A -- WHEN I LOOK ATA BLOOM I LOOK AT THE BUDS.

THIS IS A BUD CASE, THOSE THAT HAVEN'T OPENED.

YOU LOOK AT THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T OPENED, AND THE ONES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO OPEN, THE ONES THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY TO BLOOMING, LIKE THESE, AND FINALLY, THE BLOOM.

WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING FLOWERS OF ANY KIND, YOU BEGIN BY SKETCHING IN A LITTLE BUD, AND THEN YOU OPEN YOUR OWN DRAWING, YOUR OWN DRAWING OF THE FLOWER, ONE PETAL AT A TIME, JUST LIKE IT DOES IN NATURE.

WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND YOU FIND ANY KIND OF BLOOM, YOU LOOK AT THE OPENING BUD.

YOU LOOK AT THE COMPLETELY BLOOMED FLOWER, AND TRY TO IMAGINE THE SLOW PROCESS OF THE OPENING FROM BUD TO BLOOM.

LOOK AT ALL THESE.

LOOK AT ALL THAT'S GOING TO OPEN EVENTUALLY HERE.

INSIDE THERE, INSIDE THERE, THAT'S WHERE IT ALL IS STARTING TO GET TOGETHER, AND GET ITS ACT TOGETHER THIS IS THE FLOWER -- HERE'S A FLOWER SHOW GOING ON THERE.

PRETTY SOON THEY WILL BE OUT.

YOU KNOW, ANYTHING FLOWER NEEDS IS PACKED INSIDE THE BUD.

I AM GOING TO RUIN A FLOWER TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

THIS IS A TIGER LILY, TIGER LILY BUD.

YOU OPEN IT UP HERE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE'S A SEPAL.

ALL THOSE, THEN COMES THE PETALS,AND LOOK AT THE PETALS.

LOOK AT THAT.

LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY CALL IT A TIGER LILY.

IT LOOKS SEDUCTIVE.

ALL RIGHT, HERE, YOU HAVE GOT LL THE STAMEN IT REQUIRES AND THE PISTOL.

I HAVE DONE THIS TO FLOWER BUDS THAT WERE SO TINY, THAT, WELL, AS TINY AS LITTLE PEAS, SOME OF THEM, AND I BRING THEM IN THE HOUSE AND I OPEN THEM UP, AND EVERYTHING IS IN THERE, EVERYTHING A FLOWER NEEDS.

EVERYTHING THE FLOWER THAT I BROUGHT IN NEEDS TO BE THAT FLOWER IS PACKED INSIDE THOSE BUDS LOOK AT THIS WILD BUNCH OVER HERE.

THIS IS WHAT I CONSIDER A KIND OF PURE FORM OF DEMOCRACY.

LOOK.

EVERYBODY GETS A PIECE OF EARTH, AND AS MUCH SUN AND SKY AS THEY CAN GRAB.

LET'S SEE WHAT'S IN HERE.

SOME TALL GRASSES.

THIS IS, THIS GROWS IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE LAWN, BY THE WAY.

THIS IS THE GRASSES.

GROWING IN HERE.

THERE IS SOME NICE, SOFT, BROADLEAVED PLANTS.

ALL KINDS OF THINGS GROWING WILD.

THE TROPISM, THIS PHOTO TROPISM OF THESE PLANTS REACHING OUT FARTHER, COMING OUT TO FIND MORE SUNLIGHT YET.

THEY ARE NOT -- THEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH BEING THE TALLEST PLANTS HERE.

THEY HAVE GOT TO HAVE EVEN MORE.

WELL, OVER HERE IN OUR GARDEN, THE PLANTS THAT WE CULTIVATE JUST BASK IN THE OPEN SUNLIGHT.

THESE PLANTS, THESE ARE THE ONES WE LIKE TO EAT AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF BECAUSE THEY, ACTUALLY, NEED MORE CARE, BUT THESE ARE -- THEY LEAN TOWARDS THIS SIDE, YOU KNOW, IN BAD WEATHER, IN A DROUGHT, AND I COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE GARDEN AND EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN THE GARDEN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO DIE.

YOU BETTER GET OUT HERE AND YOU BETTER GET SOME WATER ON ME AND YOU BETTER GIVE ME SOME FOOD, AND I CAN'T BARELY STAND THE HEAT, AND YET, OVER HERE ON WILD SIDE, THEY ARE ALL DOING THEIR THING, AND THEY ARE GROWING AND REACHING AND TRYING TO FIND WHAT MOISTURE, WHATEVER THEY CAN.

THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

THIS LINE BETWEEN THE CULTIVATED PLANTS AND THEIR DEPENDENCY ON US AND THEIR WILD COUSIN IS SOMETHING THAT WE CREATED, AND WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING PLANTS, YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND.

WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING THE CULTIVATED ONES, YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT THESE ARE PAMPERED INDIVIDALS, AND WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING THE WILD BUNCH, YOU GIVE THEM THAT SENSE OF SCRAMBLING FOR EXISTENCE.

I DECIDED IT WOULD BE A GOOD SCENE FOR TODAY'S DRAWING.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE -- FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE GROUND LEVEL UPWARD, AND OUR PICTURE, WE'LL HAVE ON ONE SIDE, THE CULTIVATED, MANICURED, PAMPERED GARDEN ROSE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS WIDE, MAN MADE LINE, THE WILD COUSINS, THE WILD BUNCH OVER HERE.

WE ARE GOING TO PUT SOME INSECTS IN THE DRAWING, MORE INSECT CULTIVATED PLANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE LESS RESISTANT TO INSECT DAMAGE THAN THESE ARE.

THEN WE ARE GOING TO END OUR PICTURE WITH SOME SWALLOWS.

THEY ARE COMING IN LOW OVER THE ROADS JUST NIPPING BUGS OUT OF THE AIR.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN THINK OF THAT BELONGS ON THE GARDEN SOIL, WE WILL PUT IN OUR PICTURE.

THAT'S WHAT OUR PICTURE WILL BE, VERY CLOSE TO THAT.

I WILL FINISH THIS ROW.

THEN MAYBE WE WILL GO IN AND START DRAWING.

♪ ♪ OKAY.

GETTING ANOTHER PIECE OF PAPER DOWN.

GET OUR PLANT DRAWING GOING.

IT'S GOOD TO USE THE BEST PAPER YOU CAN AFFORD WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP THE DRAWING FOR A GOOD, LONG TIME.

IF YOU DO A GOOD DRAWING YOU ARE GOING TO WANT IT TO LAST, AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL BLOW A COUPLE BUCKS AND BUY THE BEST PAPER THAT YOU CAN AFFORD.

THIS IS A 100% RAG PAPER.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THE DRAWING OF THE GARDEN PLANTS ON THE LEFT, AND I WANT TO PUT THE WILD PLANTS ON THE RIGHT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE TANGLE OF PLANTS AND ALL THE PROBLEM OF DRAWING ON TOP OF OTHER LINES THAT ARE ALREADY DRAWN AND SMEARING THEM UP, I AM GOING TO WORK IN A VERY METHODICAL FASHION FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.

BUT FIRST, I DO WANT TO LAY IN THE LANDSCAPE HERE, THE LAND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON, AND THIS IS GARDEN SOIL, SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT LOOKS GOOD AND SOFT AND ACTUALLY WORKED, WORKED UP.

AT THE EDGE OF THE GARDEN HERE I AM GOING TO EVENTUALLY PUT AN -- A SMALL TREE, BUT THAT'S FOR LATER.

OKAY.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS TOO DARK.

BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PUT PLANTS OVER IT.

OKAY.

ARE YOU READY TO PLANT THE BEETS?

THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

WE HAVE TO PUT IN OUR BEET ROW, AND I AM GOING TO BRING THE BEETS UP TO HERE AND PLANT THE BEETS.

I WANT TO DRAW THESE BEETS AT A STAGE WHERE THEY ARE JUST FORMING THE BULB AND THE BULB IS JUST POPPING UP THROUGH THE SOIL.

SEE, I WILL START AT THE BULB, AND THEN DO THE STEM.

THE BULB IN THIS CASE IS THE ROOT.

WHEN I DRAW A PLANT, I DRAW THE ROOT, AND THEN THE STEMS, AND THEN THE LEAVES.

THERE.

A ROW OF BEETS.

THIS IS THE BEET GENERATION HERE.

THAT'S HOW YOU DRAW PLANTS.

YOU CAN'T -- WELL, YOU CAN SUGGEST A LOT OF GROWTH WITH LINES AND SCRIBBLES, BUT REALLY, WHEN YOU ARE DETAILING PLANTS, WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING PLANTS SO THAT THE PLANTS THEMSELVES CAN BE APPRECIATED AS INDIVIDUALS, THE ONLY WAY TO DRAW THEM IS TO DRAW THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

THERE IS NO SHORTCUT.

THIS ONE LEAF I WANT TO PUT SOME INSECT DAMAGE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THAT LEAF.

IN FACT, I AM GOING TO PUT IT OVER HERE, TOO.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO JUST IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE THE INSECT THERE, CHOMPING THAT PART OUT, SO YOU USE YOUR PENCIL AND MAKE LITTLE WHITE AREAS.

THIS ONE LEAF RIGHT ON THE EDGE WILL MAKE THIS REALLY A VICTIM.

NO-- NOW, I WILL ERASE WHATEVER LINE THAT I HAD ESTABLISHED FOR LAND BEHIND THERE OUT.

REESTABLISH THAT LINE MORE CLEARLY BEHIND THE PLANTS LIKE THAT.úSOME STONES.

PEBBLES.

THIS IS WHERE PEBBLES, WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING CLOSEUPS OF LAND AND REAL, REALLY DETAILED, CLOSE SURFACES OF LAND, THAT'S WHERE YOUR LITTLE DRAWINGS OR YOUR PEBBLES ALL COME IN HANDY BECAUSE SOIL REALLY BREAKS UP INTO TINY LITTLE CLUMPS THAT LOOK LIKE PEBBLES.

THEN THERE IS THE REAL PEBBLES, THE STONES.

YOU CAN JUST PUT THESE PEBBLES HERE AND THERE.

I THINK THAT I OVER DID IT IN THE MIDDLE SO TAKE SOME OF THOSE OUT.

NOW, I WANT TO -- I WAS SHADING THESE LEAVES, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE SHADING THEM ACROSS FOR THIS REASON.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW WHICH OF THESE LINES LINES ENCLOSES A LED WHICH OF THOSE LINES IS JUST THE BACKGROUND COMING THROUGH.

SO WATCH, I WILL GO THROUGH THIS VERY CAREFULLY AND LOOK, AND I WILL ONLY SHADE LIGHTLY OVER THOSE AREAS THAT I SEE AS LEAF.

I AM GOING TO TEXTURE THESE BEET PLANTS.

THE PLANTS ARE VERY WRINKLED, REMEMBER, SO WHAT WE DO HERE IS WE OUTLINE SOME VEINS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE THESE VEINS LOOK WRINKLED.

HERE, I THINK THAT I BETTER DO IT OVER HERE TO SHOW YOU BETTER.

THEY HAVE THE MAIN VEIN GOING THROUGH, WHICH TO MY MIND IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE STEM, AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE BRANCHED OFF VEINS LIKE THIS.

THAT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE A SMOOTH LEAF WITH VEINS.

I WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK WRINKLED SO WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS TAKE OUT SECTIONS BETWEEN THESE VEINS.

DARKEN THEM AS THOUGH THE LIGHT IS BENDING AROUND THE WRINKLE HE WOULD SURFACE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT REALLY LOOKS, STARTS TO LOOK WRINKLED.

NOW, WE'RE AT THE END OF THE ROW.

I WANT TO START ON THE WILD SIDE.

IN ORDER TO DRAW WILD PLANTS, YOU HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE TROPISM.

THAT'S WHY I STRESSED THOSE TROPISMS OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S VERY -- IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DRAW A WILD BUNCH OF PLANTS WITHOUT BEING AWARE OF HOW IT IS THEY ARE MOVING BECAUSE THE THING THAT MAKES THEM TANGLE IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE MOVING.

THE FIRST THING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS PUT -- WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THIS -- OH, LET'S SAY IT'S A POPEL TREE GROWING NEXT TO THE POPLAR, ACTUALLY, IT'S A LITTLE ASPEN.

THAT'S WHAT THEY REALLY ARE, I GUESS, AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT THIS RIGHT NEXT TO THE GARDENS.

THE TREE NOT BIG ENOUGH SHADING ANYTHING, SO I REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE A REASON TO CUT IT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S NOT BLOCKING MUCH SUNLIGT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO ROOT THAT, BASE OF THAT TREE INTO THE SOIL NEAR OUR GARDEN.

NOW, THIS ACTION OF THE ROOT GOING INTO THE SOIL IS A GEO TROPISM.

POSITIVE GEO TROPISM, AND THAT'S WHY ALL OF THE LINES HAVE TO START FROM THE TOP AND HEAD INTO THE SOIL.

AND YOU FADE OFF AS THEY GO INTO THE SOIL, LIKE THAT.

SEE HOW THAT GOES DOWN?

FROM THE TREE DOWN.

TREE, DOWN.

AND I AM GOING TO IMBED THESE LINES INTO THE SOIL.

EVEN IF I BRANCH OFF ON ONE, IT HAS TO GO DOWN.

EARTH BOUND, EARTH BENDING.-GEO.

AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH DETAIL ON THIS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO WRAP A LOT OF WILD PLANTS AROUND THIS TREE.

THERE IS THE BASIC, THE BASE OF THIS TREE, AND IT'S ALL ESTABLISHED WITH DOWNWARD LINES TO ACCENT THE EARTH'S BENDING MOVEMENT OF THE GEO TROPISM.

LIKE THAT.

OKAY.

THAT'S A GEO TROPISM.

NEXT WE HAVE PHOTO TROPISM SO WE WILL PUT, OVER ON THIS SIDE OF THE TREE I WILL BRING UP JUST THE NON-DESCRIPT BROADLEAVED WEED, AND I AM GOING TO MAKE THESE LEAVES WANT TO FACE -- WANT TO COLLECT THE LIGHT, SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE FAIRLY FLAT.

THE LIGHT IS COMING FROM THIS SIDE.

THE TOP ONE IS ALL RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S -- IT CAN BE TURNED TOWARDS THE LIGHT.

DOWN HERE AS I ADD THE LEAVES I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH ONE OF THEM IS FACING MY LIGHT SOURCE, AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DRAW A FLAT LEAF, BUT YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO DRAW THAT LEAF TWISTING ON ITS STEM IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY THAT IT MIGHT WANT TO HAVE TO BEND TO GATHER LIGHT.

HERE, THIS ONE, I WILL DRAW THIS COMPLETELY FLAT.

THAT LEAF.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE HECK, SO YOU DON'T SEE HUTCH OF IT.

THERE IT IS.

IT'S A LEAF.

IN NATURE, YOU WOULD NOT SEE MUCH OF IT ANYWAY, THE SAME WAY WITH THAT ONE.

DOWN FARTHER, THE LEAF WOULD BE -- I WILL MAKE A SMALLER LEAF THAN THAT ALSO FACING DOWN.

WE WILL DETAIL THESE LEAVES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS PLANT WOULD BE, BUT I HAVE SEEN THINGS LIKE IT OUT THERE, AND LET'S MAKE IT -- LET'S MAKE IT HAVE A LITTLE EDGE, A LITTLE TOOTH TO IT LIKE THAT.

YOU DRAW LEAVES, THAT'S WHAT YU DO.

THE STEM, YOU DRAWDOWN INTO THE SOIL.

THE LEAF STEMS COME UP AND BRANCH OFF OF THE MAIN STEM TOWARDS THE LIGHT, SEE, TOWARDS THE LIGHT, UP.

THE LEAVES, YOU ATTACH FACING THE LIGHT.

OKAY.

THAT'S ONE PLANT.

HOW ABOUT -- LET'S DO ANOTHER ONE, ONLY THIS TIME OH, LET'S DO A SMALLER ONE.

SMALLER BROADLEAVED PLANT RIGHT HERE.

ONE THAT HASN'T HAD A LOT OF GROWTH YET.

THIS ONE WILL JUST HAVE THE LEAFS KIND OF LAYING AND TOUCHING THE GROUND EVEN.

THERE.

AND YES, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAS A BULK, NOT MUCH OF A BULK, BUT SOME MASS, AND IT'S GOING TO CAST A SHADOW, THIS STEM ACROSS THIS ROOT ACROSS THIS ROOT FROM THIS STEM, AND ONTO THE SOIL.

SO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THAT.

THERE IS A PHOTO TROPISM.

THE GEO TROPISM, PHOTO TROPISM.

DO ANOTHER PHOTO TROPISM HERE, BUT AFTER -- ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE JUST SOME GRASSES GROWING AROUND HERE BEFORE I COME -- I DO THIS OTHER PHOTO TROPISM FOR YOU.

THEN YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN.

IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A PLANT LEANING WAY OUT OF A GANG TO GET ITS SHARE OF SUNLIGHT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GANG FOR IT TO LEAN OUT FROM.

HERE'S ANOTHER GRASS STEM.

GRASS STEMS ARE ODD.

THEY DON'T SEEM TO -- THEY DON'T SEEM TO GRAB LIGHT.

THEY DON'T EVEN SEEM TO HAVE TO WORK TO GRAB THE LIGHT.

I DON'T SEE -- THEY JUST LEAN IN THE WIND.

I AM SURE THAT THEY ARE COLLECTING AS MUCH LIGHT AS THEY NEED, OR ELSE THEY WOULD NOT BE TOO HEALTHY LOOKING.

THERE IS TWO GRASS STEMS.

WE ARE GOING TO PUT A LOT MORE GRASS, SO IMAGINE NOW WE HAVE GOT A BUNCH OF LEAVES AND GRASSES OVER HERE, AND IN ORDER TO GET ITS SHARE OF THE SUNLIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DANDILION COME LEANING OUT, AND FIRST I HAVE GOT TO DO, OF COURSE, THE BOTTOM BASE OF THE DANDELION, WHICH IS TWO VERY -- TWO VERY EDGY LOOKING LEAVES STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND.

I WILL PUT THE OTHER LEAF.

THE OTHER LEAF IS HIDDEN, SO WE ARE FORTUNATE WE DON'T HAVE TO DRAW THAT.

THERE IS THE BOTTOM.

THERE IS THE EDGY LOOKING LEAF.

THIS DANDILION LEAF WILL GIVE US THE BASE FROM WHERE WE WILL SEND UP THE STEM.

WHAT I WANT TO DO IS DO ANOTHER PHOTO TROPISM IN THIS DRAWING, AND THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A BENDING OUT OF THAT STEM.

SEE HERE?

OUT OF THE GROUP HERE OUT INTO THE LIGHT.

AND I WANT TO FIRST OFF DO A SMALL, SMALLER ONE.

DANDELIONS, THEY SEEM TO COME IN VARIOUS SIZES.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIFFERENT TYPES OR WHAT, BUT WE WILL DO ONE WITH THE BUD THAT HASN'T OPENED YET.

YOU HAVE SEEN THAT LIKE THAT.

AND THEN I WANT TO DO ONE A LITTLE FARTHER ON, BUT ONLY THIS TIME IT'S GOING TO BE A DANDILION GROWING BEHIND HERE, AND OF COURSE, WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A LOT OF WEEDS OVER HERE, SO THIS DANDILION WILL HAVE TO BE REACHING WAY OUT AND GOING UP TO THE LIGHT.

THAT'S A PHOTO TROPISM OF THE STEM.

YOU BETTER PUT A GOOD, THICK STEM ON THIS GUY.

REACHING WAY OUT TO THE LIGHT.

LIGHT IS COMING FROM THIS SIDE, WILL JUST -- YOU PUT A LITTLE HEAVIER LINE ON THE -- EVERYTHING HAS WEIGHT.

THIS IS A PLANT, AND TO YOU, A DANDELION STEM MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT WEIGHS MUCH BUT IT WEIGHS ENOUGH THAT IT -- IF YOU BROKE IT OFF AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD TUMBLE OVER LIKE A TINY TREE, SO YOU HAVE TO ADD A BIT OF THE WEIGHT LINE UNDERNEATH THE DANDELION AT THE STRESS POINT RIGHT HERE WHERE IT STARTS TO BEND TO SHOW THE GRAVITY IS STILL PULLING ON THAT.

A SPIDER WEB HAS WEIGHT.

THE WEB DIDN'T HAVE WEIGHT, IT WOULD NOT HANG.

THAT'S HOW YOU CAN TELL A PICTURE OF A SPIDER WEB.

YOU CAN TELL THE WEIGHT OF THE PICTURE BY DECIDING WHICH WAY THE STRANDS HANG.

BUT ON THIS ONE, THIS DANDELION I WANT TO PUT IT IN A LITTLE ADVANCED STAGE HERE AND MAKE ONE OF THOSE CRAZY, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED, PUFF BALL TYPE OF THINGS.

THEY JUST ARE LIKE THESE LITTLE LIGHT BROOM HANDLE THINGS AT THE TIP.

THERE THERE, I LIKE THAT.

NOW, AND TO PUNCH THIS OUT A BIT, WE ARE GOING TO SHADOW RIGHT UNDERNEATH THIS PIECE OF LEAF OR THIS BUD CASE HERE.

FOLDED DOWN, AND WE WILL SHADOW THAT AND GIVE IT THE SENSE THAT THAT'S A SOLID PART OF A PLANT UP THERE, AND THIS IS THE STEM BEING SHADOWED BY THAT PART.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, OF COURSE, IT'S VERY LIGHT AND AIRY.

THERE IS NO SENSE -- THERE IS NO SENSE OF WEIGHT, EVEN THOUGH IF THIS THING BLEW IN THE WIND, IT WOULD ALSO HAVE WEIGHT.

IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT.

BLOWING IN THE WIND.

LET'S DO A COUPLE OF OTHERS.

THESE THINGS LOOK WEIGHTLESS, BUT THEY WEIGH SOMETHING, AND THEY FILL, THE FARTHER THEY FALL, THE LONGER THAT THEY FALL THE CLOSER THAT THEY GET TO THE EARTH.

WE WILL HAVE THESE BLOWING OFF OF THE DANDELION THERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK THAT THIS PHOTO TROPIC EFFECT OF THIS LEANING OUT, I THINK I WILL DO ANOTHER ONE BUT ONLY ON THIS ONE I AM GOING TO SET UP THE THIRD TYPE OF TROPISM, AND ON THIS ONE, I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN, I WILL START WITH ANOTHER DANDELION, ALSO, THIS TIME HIDDEN WITH ITS LEAVES HIDDEN BEHIND THE TREE, BUT THIS TIME, I AM GOING TO BRING THIS STEM, THIS DANDELION LIKE THIS, AND THEN PULL IT INWARD LIKE THIS.

OKAY, THIS DANDELION REACHING IS -- WAS REACHING OUT FOR LIGHT, BUT WHAT I WILL HAVE HAPPEN IS THIS PLANT GROWING IN THE BUNCH HERE.

THIS PLANTED IS GOING TO BE HOLDING IT.

THE TENDRIL OF THE PLANT WRAPPED AROUND THE DANDELION AND PULLING IT INWARD.

IN FACT, REMEMBER I SAID THE MORE YOU SUGGEST THESE WRAPS, THESE KINKS IN THAT TENDRIL, THE TIGHTER IT LOOKS LIKE THE TENDRIL IS BEING -- IS PULL ON WHATEVER IT IS GRABBING ONTO, SO THIS PLANT HERE'S THE LEAST.

THE END OF EACH LEAF STEM IS A TENDRIL GROWING ON THE PLANT.

THAT PLANT IS PULLING THAT DANDELION STEM OVER.

IN FACT, WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THIS TENDRIL JUST KIND OF CASUALLY STARTING TO WRAP AROUND THAT DANDELION STEM.

LET'S CONTINUE TO PUT MORE LEAVES ON THIS, AND THAT'S THE TROPISM.

SO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, WE HAVE THIS SORT OF VERY LIVELY PATCH OF WILD PLANTS NEXT TO THE GARDEN, AND WHAT MAKES THEM LOOK LIVELY AND WILD, IN FACT, AND ALIVE IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE MOVING EVER SO SLOWLY, BUT IT'S WITH -- IT'S THESE TROPISMS, THE WAY THAT THEY MOVE, THAT IF YOU LEARN TO DRAW THEM, YOU CAN MAKE THE PLANT LOOK ALIVE AND MOVING.

LET ME DARKEN THAT UP JUST A TOUCH TO PUNCH THAT OUT A BIT SO THIS PLANT IS COMING RIGHT DOWN HERE, AND IN FACT, IT WOULD NOT BE THAT LONG OF A STEM WITHOUT SOME LEAVES, SO WE WILL ADD LEAVES DOWN HERE.

AGAIN ON THIS SIDE.

IS THE LEAVES.

I THINK I AM GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER PLANT, JUST GROWING LAZILY, NOT -- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY HOOK ONTO SOMETHING AT A LOWER SAME OF THE THINGS OF THEIR SUPPORTS' GROWTH, AND THEN THEY JUST HANG ON FOR THE RIDE.

THE OTHER THING GROWS AND GETS TALLER AND THE PLANT JUST HANGS ON AND GETS PULLED UP AND GETS PULLED UP, AND I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS LOOK LIKE THIS PLANT -- THIS PLANT ISN'T REACHING UP IN GROWTH.

IT'S HANGING OFF OF THIS.

GOING ALONG FOR A FREE RIDE, HANGING OFF OF THIS GRASS STEM.

LIKE THIS.

ANOTHER LITTLE SECTION OF LEAVES DOWN HERE.

THERE.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO SUGGEST THAT HAPPENING.

I AM GOING TO HAVE IT GO BEHIND THIS PART OF THE STEM.

THERE.

SOMETHING ELSE IN A WILD PATCH YOU MIGHT SEE IS JUST SOME TALL, UNEXPLAINED SORT OF THORNY STEM.

I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE PLANTS AND THINGS THAT GO THROUGH THEIR STAGES OF GROWTH, AND THEY LEAVE BEHIND ONE YEAR THEY MAY LEAVE BEHIND A TALL, DRY, AND BRITTLE LOOKING THORNY STEM, AND I WANT TO PUT THIS IN SIMPLY TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER WHENEVER YOU DRAW THORNS ON A PLANT.

IN MOST CASES, THE THORNS ANGLE DOWNWARD.

THE THORNS ARE OFTEN USED TO HOOK ONTO THINGS.

SOME PLANTS HAVE THORNS THAT ARE JUST, WHO KNOWS WHY THEY ARE ON THERE.

THEY JUST SEEM TO BE ALL OVER THE STEM.

BUT THE PLANTS THAT HAVE THORNS THAT ACTUALLY HELP THEM CLING OR HOLD THEMSELVES UP LIKE THOSE ON A RAMBLING ROSE THAT CLIMBS THE TRELLIS, THOSE THORNS WOULD BE POINTING A BIT ANGLED DOWNWARD, SO WE ARE GOING TO PUT THESE THORNS ON HERE.

JUST A LITTLE THORNY STEM SOMETIMES GIVES A NICE LOOK OF FOREBODING TO A PATCH OF WEEDS.

I WENT A LITTLE TOO CRAZY THERE WITH THE DARK.

I WILL MAKE IT NICE AND DARK, TO JUST GIVE SOME DARKNESS IN THIS BATCH.

GIVE A SENSE OF COLOR.

IN DRAWING WITH BLACK AND WHITE, OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T ADD COLOR, BUT YOU CAN SUGGEST COLORS, AND YOU CAN SUGGEST TONES AND VARIATIONS OF GREENS, FOR INSTANCE, BY JUST VARYING THE GRAYS OF YOUR PENCIL LINES.

SOME OF THEM MAKE THEM VERY DARK AND SOME MAKE THEM A LITTLE LIGHTER.

OKAY.

NOW THAT I HAVE THE BACK OF THIS TREE COVERED WITH WEEDS, I WANT TO BRING A FEW GRASS BLADES RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TREE.

I KNOW WHAT I CAN ADD ON HERE.

I REMEMBER WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE, WE SAWGRASS HOPPERS ON ONE OF -- WE SAW A GRASSHOPPER ON ONE OF THESE RIGHT ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THAT LEAF.

IT'S ONE THING ABOUT DRAWING PLANTS THAT ALMOST IS VERY NATURAL TO ADD INSECTS WHILE YOU ARE DRAWING THE PLANTS.

IN FACT, I THINK I AM GOING TO PUT -- WHILE I AM THINKING OF IT, I WILL PUT AN INCH WORM CRAWLING UP ON THIS SIDE OF THE DANDELION.

WHATEVER HE'S DOING THERE, THAT'S HIS BUSINESS.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE JUST WILL LET HIM -- WE WILL LET HIM BE CRAWLING.

NOW I AM DONE WITH MY WILD PATCH OVER HERE, AND I AM GOING TO SEND THE SHADOW OVER THESE WEEDS ACROSS HERE TO TANTALIZE AND JUST BEDEVIL OUR GARDEN.

IT IS SAYING LOOK, YOU TAKE ONE WEEK OFF, PAL, AND WHEN YOU GO BACK WE WILL BE RIGHT IN BETWEEN THOSE BEETS AND WE WILL BE CRAWLING OVER THE ONIONS AND THE SHADOW OF THE WILD BORDER IS JUST LIKE AN OMINOUS REMINDER TO THE GARDEN, AND JUST KEEP BRINGING THOSE SHADOWS OVER.

FROM THE TREE, ACROSS TO THE BEETS.

I THINK THAT BEFORE I LEAVE, MY WILD PLANTS, I WANT TO PUT IN ONE LOVELY LITTLE BLOOM.

WE WILL PUT A PASTURE ROW GROWING OUTSIDE OF THIS BORDERED EDGE AND JUST SUGGEST A BIT OF LEAVES CURLED FOR THE SUNLIGHT.

I WANT TO JUST PUT THIS IN HERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT I MEANT ABOUT MAKING YOUR DRAWINGS OF FLOWERS BLOOM.

YOU ARE GOING TO SUGGEST THE BUD FIRST ON THIS PASTURE ROW, WHICH WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS.

FIRST, LET'S DRAW ONE JUST IN BUD HERE.

HERE'S A NICE ROSE BUD.

LOOK AT THAT.

AND, OF COURSE, ALL THE THORNS THAT GO WITH BEING A ROSE.

AND I AM GOING TO BRING ANOTHER PASTURE ROSE STEM OUT FROM OUR EDGE OF OUR PAPER.

THIS ONE, I WANT TO PUT IT IN BLOOM, SO I AM GOING TO START WITH SUGGESTING THIS BUD, AND THEN I AM GOING TO OPEN THOSE PETALS OUT FROM THE BUD.

THERE.

THIS IS A SIDE VIEW OF ONE.

THIS IS THE STAMEN AND THE PISTOLS AND ALL OF THAT INSIDE STUFF.

THORNS.

KIND OF PRICKLY LOOKING ROSE LEAF, AND THEN TO FINISH IT OFF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE MORE OUT HERE, BUT THIS TIME I WANT TO COME HEAD ON TO THE BUD LIKE THIS AND JUST OPEN THAT FLOWER UP WIDE.

SEE.

ALL RIGHT.

PUT A LITTLE TOAD OVER HERE IN THE GARDEN TO EAT SOME OF THESE GROUND BUGS.

I WILL PUT SOME GROUND BUGS CRAWLING AROUND HERE.

AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME BUGS IN THE AIR FLYING AROUND THESE PLANTS, AND I WANT TO HAVE A NICE UNDERBELLY SHOT OF A SWALLOW COMING IN OVER THE GARDEN.

I HOPE THAT I CAN DRAW THIS FOR YOU WITHOUT SCREWING UP MY WHOLE PICTURE HERE.

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DRAW GRACEFUL ANIMALS, YOU HAVE TO CONSTRUCT THEM.

SO I WILL GIVE IT A TRY, ANYWAY.

READY?

I WANT THE BELLY.

SINCE I WANT AN UNDERBELLY SHOT I WILL START WITH THE BELLY OF THIS SWALLOW COMING IN LOW.

AND I WILL HAVE HIM COMING UP AFTER SOME -- COMING UP AFTER THIS BUG HERE.

HERE HE'S COMING.

I THINK HE'S COMING OUT OF THIS MESS OF LINES THAT I AM MAKING.

ACTUALLY, HE'S GOING TO BE SWOOPING DOWN LIKE THIS AFTER THIS BUG, SO I AM GOING TO PUT HIS TAIL IN THAT SORT OF LINE.

GIVE THAT SENSE OF MOTION.

THIS WILL HELP IF I DRAW FROM THE TOP.

THERE.

THAT TAIL, THAT GIVES HIM A ACCE--THAT GIVES HIM A SENSE OF MOTION.

LOOK UNDERNEATH THE TAIL, OF COURSE, AND SWALLOW'S FEET, VERY TINY.

BY THE WAY, NEXT WEEK WHEN YOU TUNE IN AGAIN WE WILL BE DOING A LOT MORE ANIMAL DRAWING, IN FACT, THE WHOLE SLOW IS BASED ON ANIMALS.

NEXT WEEK.

THAT WILL BE OUR LAST IN THE SERIES.

SO I WON'T DESCRIBE THIS TOO MUCH.

I WILL JUST DRAW IT FOR YOU, AND YOU CAN TUNE IN NEXT WEEK IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DRAW ANIMALS.

NICE UNDERBELLY.

THE SWALLOW.

AND SWALLOWS HAVE THESE SORT OF WONDERFUL, NARROW WINGS, OH, LOVELY.

OH, I LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT LOOKS LIKE A SWALLOW.

AND, OF COURSE, I AM GOING TO CLEAN UP THIS GROUND PIECE A BIT.

FROM MY SLEEVE.

THERE.

I WANT TO HAVE A NICE, CLEAN PLACE TO PUT MY SIGNATURE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF MY DRAWINGS.

AND I WILL SIGN IT OFF HERE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> "DRAWING FROM NATURE" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE MENTALAC FOUNDATION, WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE MEMBERS OF VERMONT ETV.

JIM ARNOSKY IS THE AUTHOR OF "DRAWING FROM NATURE," AVAILABLE IN BOOKSTORES AND LIBRARIES NATION-WIDE.

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