This will be the last of the botanical watercolors for a while. I feel a yearn to work on some collages and some children's books.
The botanicals have a great history and it was fun for me to research how far back they go. Drawings of plants and flowers have adorned nature journals and medicinal journals for centuries. Da Vinci did some, and so did Durer but they go back even farther than the Renaissance. It wasn't until printing in color became accurate that herbalists began to grow in numbers and the benefits of herbal remedies began to soar. Now, most botanical herbal books have photos but I still prefer the artist's rendition in watercolor.
A botanical usually contains the plant in flower, leaves, and fruit, as well as any birds that may frequent the plant. They usually have the root also but I didn't see it necessary for apricots to have the roots.
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