This challenge requires us to develop a themed set of links to online content that we find interesting and we would like to share with another students. We must be “creative, think about different ideas and cultural reference points in interesting or playful ways.”

I decided to share with my course mates the inspiration I source from nature, especially trees, flowers and plants in general. I paint them often; they are my main subjects so far. I observe them at every location I walk and take photos, which I further use as my starting point for developing my drawings.

Below, I place my photographs, sketches, developments and some final outcomes. I am deeply interested in how the plants and landscapes are represented in Western and Asian painting traditions. The plants’ beauty and elegance, their complete structure and perfect colours, awaken my spirituality, deeply satisfy my sense of aesthetics, and elevate my emotional vibration. I try different techniques and compositional approaches in my work.

My works from different periods during OCA path.

The Theme of Stems and Leaves.

Below are my studies, sketches and collages, inspired by local greenery.

The Theme of Flowers and Petals:

It takes so much effort for me to come up with a decent flower. Below is my practise of trying different ways to paint a Chrysanthemium flower. I can’t say that I am happy with every of the following sketches. I place them to show how far you can go developing a single type of flower, and you rarely happy.

So many Western and Asian visual artists have been painting flowers, making them beloved by millions of people. I am not an exception. Let’s tour my collection of the most favourite representations of flowers.