Welcome to The Illustrated Garden.
I’m Val Webb, an illustrator and clay artist in Alabama. My studio is an old house, surrounded by a sprawling organic garden. Here, with help from The Perfect Man, I grow herbs and vegetables in the land of kudzu and fire ants. Come on in. The coffee’s hot.
(To support my gardening habit, I take art commissions and teach workshops. Need a portrait of your pet, your child, your house or your granny? A botanical drawing of your favorite flower or bird? A caricature of your boss? Or perhaps your art association or local museum would like to host a workshop on nature drawing? I’m your girl.)
Email: studio@valwebb.com Web site: http://www.valwebb.com
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August 24, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Cathy
Hi Val! Thank You for visiting our blog. I bought my daughter here after I looked through your sketchbook. She too loves to draw the gardens and plants. Let me tell you was she inspired! She absolutely loves your work! Like you, she draws with colored pencils and draws using a composition book. There are times I have to hunt her down, she is lost in the woods or out behind the coop or even sometimes up in a tree drawing away. Your work is so beautiful and very inspiring. Thank you again for visiting and hope we can keep in touch!
Cathy
July 27, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Jennifer
Hi Val, I just found your blog while searching for botanical prints. I wish we lived closer because I would sign us up for your classes. I’m homeschooling my 2 daughters (6 and 8 yr. old) and they love to draw. We have a garden and I’m going to try to do some more nature journaling with them this year for science and art. I found a great book at the library called Keeping a Nature Journal by Claire Walker Leslie and I am going to bookmark your website. Thanks for the tips on drawing. You are a beautiful artist and I look forward to learning from your site!
Happy Gardening
September 11, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Dalia
sounds like a life from my dreams.
October 31, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Larry B. Simpson
Val, Very good work! Didn’t even know you were in Mobile. You are a good example to show my students what an artist can do with there talent. I am a Professor of Art at the University of South Alabama. Also a nice web site design. Larry