Oil study of clouds over water at twilight. Sun lowering, but has not begun to set, as the sky is still blue. Purple clouds lit golden along edges by sun.
Pencil drawing with details in oil paint depicting a leafy tree. Majority of drawing is pencil, with paint concentrated on a section of tree trunk and two groups of leaves, some green and some red. Lower half of sheet also contains two pencil drawings of leaves, partially painted in shades of green.
Pencil drawing of the top portion of a tropical tree with long, broad leaves branching from the slender trunk. Additional oil sketches of parts of the leaves: a dark green portion of the tip of the leaf, and a middle section of a leaf in medium green. Pencil drawings of leaves are all labeled "B"; high on the trunk, "(X)"; on an adjacent leaf st...
Pencil drawing with sections painted in oil paint: plant branch with leaves, flower buds. Additional oil sketches of a single leaf and a group of berries.
Pencil drawing of a branch with leaves, with two sketches in oil paint of individual leaves, painted from upper side and underside. Additional small pencil drawing of the fruit of the tree, five small berries on a stem.
Sheet contains two oil sketches and two pencil drawings, all portraying leaves, stems, and branches. Two pencil drawings on the left side of sheet: above, a large, teardrop-shaped leaf; below, a drawing of a slender branch with many leaves. Below the pencil drawings are two small rectangles of oil paint, one extremely dark green and one medium g...
Studies of the leaves and stems of a tropical plant, in pencil and oil paint. Sheet includes two drawings of one leaf with a semicircular piece missing from its lower edge, viewed from upper side and underside, with half of each drawing in oil and half in pencil; two small pencil drawings of leaves in cross section; pencil drawing of a second si...
Image of a section of a tropical plant, with woody branch, green stems, and leaves, half of which is drawn in pencil and the other half painted in oils. Of the painted leaves, four are green, while eight others, arranged symmetrically in pairs along a single stem, are red and pink. Leaves drawn in pencil all labeled "R", "T", and "G."
Pencil and oil study of a small branch or twig with leaves, oriented vertically. The twig is painted with oil paints, as are four leaves at the top of the group. The four painted leaves are shades of pink and hang straight down, unlike the non-painted leaves which grow at a variety of angles and which the text on the sheet indicates are medium g...
Oil sketch on paper depicting two leaves and the fruit of a wild fig, and a study of a small palm tree. The leaves and fruit are life size, while the tree is not.
Pencil drawing and oil painting on paper depicting a plant and a detail of seeds. The larger drawing, of a red and green plant resembling a bird of paradise, is painted mainly in oils, though a large leaf near its base is completed in pencil. Above, the detail of seeds on a stalk is painted in oils.
Pencil drawing with detail in oil. Most of the sheet is occupied with a study of a tropical plant, readily identifiable (though not labeled) as "Heliconia wagneriana", a species in Panama from which hummingbirds feed. The plant is drawn in pencil, with leaves all labeled A-E, while the flowering center of the plant is painted in green, yellow, a...
Pencil drawing with detail in oil. Most of the sheet is occupied with a study of a tropical plant, readily identifiable (though not labeled) as "Heliconia wagneriana", a species in Panama from which hummingbirds feed. The plant is drawn in pencil, with leaves all labeled A-E, while the flowering center of the plant is painted in green, yellow, a...
Oil sketch and pencil drawing on paper, both depicting plants. The oil sketch depicts a a stem with ten leaves branching off of it symmetrically, six dark green and four yellow and light green, wilted. The pencil drawing, on the lower half of the sheet, shows a group of leaves sprouting from the end of a stem. To the left of the pencil drawings ...
Pencil drawing of a portion of a portion of an ivy vine, occupying the upper left quadrant of the sheet. Below, four individual leaves of ivy in shades of dark and medium green, painted in watercolor. Preparatory sketch related to the American Museum of Natural History's diorama of England's New Forest, which opened to the public in 1933.