Monday, November 12

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Botanical Artist Visit with Barbara Van Blomestein

Vocabulary related to our art today:
- Balsam Poplar
- apex and base of the leaf
- leaf blade
- leaf margin
- overall shape (e.g. deltoid) of leaf
- petiole
- buds
- landscape/ portrait
- veins (midrib and side)
- scientific drawings











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