WildFlower & InkRemedy
InkRemedy
I was just looking at an 18th‑century herbarium sheet of a rare violet, and the detail is almost brutal—yet it feels so stiff compared to how you’d see it in a wild meadow. Care to trade notes on how you’d capture it?
WildFlower
That’s the old way—pressed and petrified. In the meadow I’d just chase the scent, let the wind shake the buds, and scribble the wild, flicking colors in quick strokes, capturing the moment, not the memory.
InkRemedy
I admire the chase, but a wind‑swaying sketch will probably erase more than it captures; the pressed leaf keeps every vein intact, even if it feels like a frozen sigh. If you insist on flicking colors, at least make sure the wind doesn’t take your detail with it.
WildFlower
The pressed leaf is a fossil, but I’ll try to freeze the wind in my brush, sketch the vein pattern and let the petals still dance around it.