Saturday, January 21, 2012

Sunday Sketches

A few years ago I fell in love with a hanging cactus plant that had the most incredible, huge blooms. The plant was full of buds and it was one of those "must haves".




How could one resist this beauty?!

Needless to say it has never bloomed again :( The new growth is pencil thin and would never be able to support a massive flower.

I can dream though......



Only one more sketch to complete my Sketchbook Project 2012. YES!
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    What a beatiful sketch! You've definitely done it justice. My mom grows these.

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  2. SabinaJanuary 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM

    Aw sorry to hear about the real life flower, but the one in the book looks great. And the fact that there's a fold in the middle actually adds a 3-D effect to the flower. Nice work.

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  3. Alexandra MacVeanJanuary 22, 2012 at 12:14 PM

    It's very beautiful and NOTHING wrong with dreaming. :) Lovely. Happy SS! Hugs

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  4. ChristineJanuary 22, 2012 at 1:09 PM

    beautiful painting of your hanging cactus flower, no idea some of them did that, lovely.

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  5. WrightStuffJanuary 22, 2012 at 1:41 PM

    You never know...

    I have had an orchid for over 5 years that just keeps flowering. It makes me so happy to see the new flower shoot start to sprout. It takes a couple of months until the flowers bloom so I get to watch and anticipate.

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  6. LenoraJanuary 23, 2012 at 7:12 PM

    a beautiful memory! and i know those plants, my mom had one, bloomed beautifully year after year, then one year just stopped blooming at all :-)

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  7. UnknownJanuary 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM

    Until now, mine still blooming, and yes they have a beautiful flower once they bloom. Sorry about your cactus, but the memory in your illustration is beautiful!

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