This little plant has been slowly growing on our balcony for the last 10 years, and after a long dormant time has recently sprouted a few new leaves. I used an app (which takes a photo and then tells you what plant it is) to figure out what it’s called. I was concentrating on the leaves, but should have been more careful and I could have included the pot in the sketch!
Thu-2-June-2022
So here I am back in Turks and Caicos (not to have a holiday on the beach but to work), staying in a place I have stayed before. One of the (very) few advantages of jet lag is that I am up early and have time to sketch before I go to work. This one was done sitting on my veranda in the morning while having coffee. I didn’t see this plant last time I was here…perhaps I wasn’t looking!
Tues-3-Mar-2020
A couple of days ago I planned to sketch one of the churches I pass on when I walk home…however one of my colleagues kindly stopped along the road and offered me a lift. Although I prefer to walk and get a little exercise, I couldn’t really refuse so instead when I got home I sat outside and sketched this.
Wed-27-Mar-2019
Here is a sketch I did a couple of days ago, of a rather forlorn plant. We bought little house plants like this for our daughters one Christmas…by some miracle (having been neglected, over-watered and then parched) this one has survived for several years.
Wed-27-Sep-2017
Here is my sketch from today…still finding my way round the paper in my new sketch book. This time I tried wet in wet watercolour and using less ink. I also drew with a watercolour pencil for a change.
Fri-16-Jun-2017
Here is the sketch I did yesterday but didn’t have time to post. I started doing a simple ink drawing of a potted plant in the clubhouse and then as I wasn’t satisfied I kept on adding color, pastel and ink. It ended up a bit of a fuzzy mess!