Ink painting/ drawing of wheat germinating.

The painting shows four stages of wheat germinating: 1) seed, 2) seed with primary shoot and root, 3) seed with first leaf and three roots, and 4) seed with two leaves and four roots.

Top: scanned image

Bottom: photograph of painting

This painting is paired with that of a Pea Germinating.

Drawing a monocot (wheat) shortly after a dicot (pea) made me realise how distinct their root structures are. The wheat roots radiate outward from a single point, while the pea develops a central tap root with smaller roots branching off from it.