Crescent Moon in Cement
This blog is an overview of how I created my moon with moon flower vine and hummingbird moth. You don’t need a garden to enjoy garden art. A balcony, or front step, can be just as appealing as a larger green space. I chose to make this crescent moon to highlight the hummingbird moth I had seen featured on a gardening show. The basic crescent moon shape is easy to sketch. I chose to sculpt a female profile on my moon, but that’s not necessary if you don’t enjoy sketching faces. If you do choose a face, the suggestion I will give is to proportion the face on the moon as it is in your reference material, not to try and follow the shape of the moon. Start with sketching the nose. (Copying, or tracing, from a photo.) Then measure the eyes and mouth against the nose with the end of your pencil, ruler or fingers. Keep in mind, it’s a moon, not a portrait, so it doesn’t need to be perfect. After sketching my moon, I added a night blooming vine to continue my th...