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Drawing Extraordinary Plants: Observing and Imagining

Lesson 8

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Planning an Imaginary Plant

Choose a plant photo that is different from the one you �drew in the previous lesson.

What distinctive features do you notice?

Why do you imagine the �plant has this feature?

What could the plant use this feature for?

For example, the Golf Ball plant from Mexico has spikes to help protect itself so animals can’t eat it.

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Planning an Imaginary Plant: Sketchbook

Choose two photos of plants from around the world that inspire you. Combine distinctive features from both plants to invent something new. This new plant is called a hybrid plant.

Using the same two plant photos, try out different combinations and ideas in your sketchbook. Make 2-3 drawings of hybrid plants.

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Planning an Imaginary Plant: Writing

Look at the drawings of hybrid plants that you drew in your sketchbook. Choose your favorite.

What distinctive features from each plant did you draw to create a hybrid plant?

What do you imagine your hybrid plant does?

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Planning an Imaginary Plant: Plants from Around the World (1)

African starfish

Main habitat: South Africa

Photo by Raffa C. Garcia

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Planning an Imaginary Plant: Plants from Around the World (2)

Trachyandra tortilis

Ribbon plant

Main habitat:

South Africa and Madagascar

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Planning an Imaginary Plant: Plants from Around the World (3)

Chinese lantern plant

Main habitat:

Southern Europe, South Asia

and Northeast Asia

Getty Images

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Planning an Imaginary Plant: Plants from Around the World (4)

Pittosporum tenuifolium�(Golf Ball)

Main habitat:

Mexico

Photo:

David Ohmer

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Planning an Imaginary Plant: Plants from Around the World (5)

Venus flytrap

Main habitat:

US, coastal plain in

North and South Carolina

Shutterstock

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Planning an Imaginary Plant: Plants from Around the World (6)

Rafflesia

Main habitat: Indonesia

Photo: Sumeet Luktuke

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module One �

Studio in a School NYC Project Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Belinda Blum

Andrea Burgay

Traci Talasco

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

Cover image: African starfish, Photo by Raffa C. Garcia