I have an opportunity to participate in an upcoming art show with the theme "Midsummer Night's Dream." I am going to base my painting on this quotation: "I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine." I had been thinking about painting the scene, and looked up images of all the flowers. But couldn't come up with a good way to incorporate the text. (I have done several of these literary theme paintings lately, and like to include some text.) Yesterday I finally had an idea. I decided to paint each of the flowers in the style of botanical illustration, and then paint a border, making it look like a picture frame, and that would serve as the background for the text. I drew an exceeding rough pencil sketch, but this was enough to give me confidence that my idea was workable.
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