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The Wild Tulip

25/3/2013

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Not too many people are aware that a variety of wild tulip (tulipa australis) exists in Malta. Understandably its exact location is a closely guarded secret, known mostly to nature enthusiasts. I have known about this species for quite a long time and I knew the valley it was located in, but it had taken  me quite a few forays to finally locate it. I think it was 2005 - eight years ago.

In subsequent years I sometimes wandered to the area again at the appropriate time of year and was sad to see the place was now being tilled and there were no signs of this rare plant. I assumed it was all but extinct - or at best another population had established itself somewhere nearby.

So it was a pleasant surprise to revisit the area today and find the tulip still in place with about a dozen or so plants in flower. A wonder really that this plant survives at all in an area not larger than your average sized room - and apparently nowhere else. 
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Tulipa australis photographed in 2005...
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...and in 2013.
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Drawing again...stroke by stroke

10/3/2013

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Starting out on a new drawing. Trying my best to keep things simple. Do not feel like tackling complicated stuff. Have no idea how this will end up and have not yet thought what the background will be. Playing it by ear...
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And this is what it's looking like some two weeks later....two weeks in which I was busy doing other work but also dedicating a couple of hours two to three days a week working up the cross-hatching. Up to now using only one pen - the Faber Castell TGIS 0.13. Will have to start thinking of colors soon....
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A digital camera and Photoshop come in handy to try out a couple of color schemes and I rather like this one - so freeze here and let's start the drawing proper...which might turn out somewhat different as I go along...
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A couple of days later and the color scheme is slowly being put into place...stroke by stroke.
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A detail of the man's face as the drawing progresses...
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A more marked yellow to the background and now it's about done... I used just colored inks this time with a variety of nib sizes and I did not feel the need to enhance and enrich tones by colored pencils.  Started sketching this early in March and managed to complete it in about 20 days in between other deadline-dependent work.


                         I humbly present.. Cecilia and Herbert

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