#plant inspired

[dancflorhardkor]

Smaugust 2025 Day 1: Myrtle

[penguart]

Did a fun little exercise. Had a site pick a random plant for me to base a character off of! I got Firework Fountain Grass. Never heard of it before today tbh. It's really pretty and inspired me instantly! I recommend trying this out it's fun! Been in a bit of a block lately and it helped a lot! I used ohuhu brush markers and originals for this one.

[flos-domina-fennica]

My favourite videos on beginner plant care!

I’m a total beginner at keeping my own houseplants and while I learnt a lot from my parents and grandparents, the following four videos really helped me to nail the basics:

Summer Rayne Oakes: Cool Watering Hacks for Houseplants 

I had this vague memory from my childhood of my mother having self-watering systems in her houseplants and Summer Rayne Oakes confirmed that I wasn’t misremembering, and that hydrospikes are a real thing.

Betsy Begonia: Winter houseplant care

A lovely list of considerations to have when growing houseplants indoors in the winter in a cold climate!

Planterina HOUSEPLANT CARE 101

I feel like this 33-minute video is the beginner care guide to end all care guides.

Alex: Trying To Improve Light Levels In Winter for My Succulents!

Everything I know about succulents I learnt by listening to Alex’s calm narration of his collection. He lives in the UK, which is helpful because many of his methods for growing succulents and cacti can be applied in colder climates.

All four of these channels are complete treasure troves for houseplant care tips!

[foragergnome]

I'm tired of artist block

[dazedoctober]

today’s room pics ✨ i found this cute bud vase at a thrift store this past weekend so i was keen on picking out a lovely bloom to fill it when we got our fresh stock of flowers in yesterday... then i unwrapped these heavenly burgundy peonies and knew it was fate 🙌🏻 thankful right now

[casual-artist]

Traditional Crassula Umbrella (it’s a plant) dancer

That’s all, scroll on!

[wiebkerost]

Spent the night and all morning preparing new pieces of paper with coffee, wormwood tincture and fresh leaves from my datura plants. Now the paper is drying, then has to be pressed and then can be drawn on with ink. I am planning on a small series of inked sigils and perhaps one or two realistic datura plant drawings. Besides this, I yet have to prepare the paper for my next mandrake series and I also have a few new tinctures in the making. Meanwhile, here are my most recent ink drawings from past weeks (all sold and shipped):

While working with the datura I was blessed with new music by a lady, who creates audio-visual compositions inspired by the same plants that I grow and revere in my art. The project goes by the name CHTHONIA. I was given six tracks, to which I did not listen consciously, but rather had them running in the background. Yet there were moments, where I’d listen up and think, “well, this strangely harmonizes with how I perceive the plant’s character”. A very interesting experiment and endeavor, of which I hope we will soon hear more.

Spent the night and all morning preparing new pieces of paper with coffee, wormwood tincture and fresh leaves from my datura plants.