Blue Hydrangea in Progress

© Barbara Goodsit

© Barbara Goodsitt

© Barbara Goodsitt

Drawing this hydrangea is a comforting process. I hope to finish it this week. It is full of beautiful shapes, colors and the promise of perennial blooming! I read an interesting fact about hydrangeas: you can change the color of this flower if you adjust the pH of the soil.  Perhaps my next hydrangea drawing will  have a higher pH creating warmer colors ♥

Lucy Taylor, Scientific Illustrator

Lucy Taylor (1952-2012)
Pictured in 1970's

Lucy Taylor was a scientific illustrator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I had the opportunity to work with her in the 1970's.  She was extremely talented and passionate about illustration. She trained me to do graphics for scientists, and I did that work for several years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Massachusetts General Hospital-Boston, and other universities and businesses. I want to honor her memory. She made a big impact on my life. May she rest in peace.♥