Steem-Agro Drawing Contest 10: Agriculture Through Art

okokon (52)in Steem-Agro • yesterday

INTRODUCTION

Hi steemians from Steem-Agro community. How are you enjoying your xmas? Season's greetings. Proud to be here. Let me thank @ahsansharif for organizing this contest of drawing grass so I can express my drawing ability here. I like drawing so much because it makes me creative. Here, I want to draw lemon grass and also explain to you the importance of grass to man. Stay tune with me let's start.

My Steps in Drawing Grass

Step 1: The first step I took in drawing lemon grass is that I gathered my drawing instruments. I have a plane drawing paper, a dark pencil, eraser, sharpener, and crayon here with me.

My drawing items are ready.

Step 2: The next step I took was to start drawing. The first step I drew was to sketch the soil where the grass grows with my black pencil and then I drew the small roots of the grass into the soil.

Soil and root ready

Step 3: The next step I took was to draw the long leaves one after the other; some bending down while some are straight.

Long leaves

Step 4: I continued my drawing by inserting more leaves to make it a real picture of a lemon grass.

Step 5: In the next step, I inserted veins in each of the leaves, and also darken the roots to bring out the picture of what I was drawing.
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Insertion of veins in the leaves

Step 6: In the final step, i coloured my lemon grass to give me a finishing taste that gives a true picture of lemon grass.

Finishing.

What is grass?

A grass is a small plant of a herbaceous family that grows close to the soil. Grass is so significant to both human and animals survival. Majority of human beings depend on grasses for their daily diet and medicine.

Facts About Grass

*Grasses constitute almost 26 percent of the total plant life on earth.

*Majority of the world's food come from grasses.

"There are more than ten thousand species of grasses across the globe.

*All grasses have one seed-leaf.

*Most grasses are herbs in nature and they die at the end of every growing season .

*Grasses improve our air quality by producing oxygen trapping airbore dust particles .

*In dry seasin, sometimes grasses reduce temperature surrounding us significantly and make it bearable.

Importance of Grass

Grasses are significant to both man and animal's life. 1. Grasses are good sources of food for man. The whole grains and nuts that are significant vitamins to the body come from grasses. Millet, rice, wheats, barley, sorghum and other foods are eaten by man globally. They all come from grasses. They are also good sources of feed to animals especially herbivorous animals.

Grasses serve as medicine. Most if not all grasses are used for manufacturing of drugs. The orthodox medicines are are used in treatment of different diseases are produced from roots, barks and leaves of small plants. They can also be used raw to cure ailments.
Grasses help to check erosion. They help prevent erosion through their firm grip of the top soil. With this, they prevent plant nutrients from being washed away by wind or rain
Grasses also provide home for animals. Most small animals like rats, wild cats, snakes live in and under grasses.
They add esthetic value to our surroundings. Natural beauty of grasses act as flowers to give man that excitement that comes with it.