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Materia Medica II

Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting Diary with tags , , , , , , on January 19, 2010 by Jenny

I finished a second piece of the larger painting I’m working on, Materia Medica.

Marigold was named by Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy, Calendula officinalis.

These flowers can be made into a tea that is exceptionally good for the eyesight. Quite miraculous. Marigold contains Lutein.

Marigold-Materia Medica

Materia Medica II - Marigold

I painted this with Pixelmator on my laptop, using a trackpad as paintbrush. Difficult, but not a painful as painting the Parsley (see below).

I’m going to paint more pieces of Materia Medica next week.

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Materia Medica – detail

Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting Diary with tags , , , , , , on January 10, 2010 by Jenny

This is the first stage of a big composition I’m doing, called Materia Medica.

I painted it on my laptop computer at the kitchen table while my husband was cooking supper (Spaghetti alle vongole). I had to paint fast as he was going to need quite a bit of parsley to finish off the dish.

Materia Medica 1

Parsley - Materia Medica

It strains the lower arm muscles to paint using the trackpad like this. You have to click and hold down the cursor with your thumb, and then use the index finger to move the cursor as a paintbrush. Not easy. I’m going to have to wait a bit to do more work on this composition, because my arm is still sore. Eventually I’ll get a painting tablet. But I really love this parsley so it’s worth it.

Parsley’s volatile oils, particularly Myristicin, have been shown to inhibit tumour formation, especially in the lungs. It is rich in Vitamins K, C,and A, full of iron and anti-oxidants. One of the magical plants that is so common, you could mistake it for ordinary.

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