Commonly called flamingo lily, this flower blooms in wild tropical areas in the spring and summer.

I'm doing a personal project to draw 100 plant sketches including fruits and vegetables. I would like to improve my drawing skills and thinking about other skills in my life that I have gotten better at, how did I accomplish this? Small, incremental steps. Regular practice. Consistent routine. I felt having some parameters would help with deciding what to draw.

I'll post this series twice per week. 100 posts, 50 weeks. That's about one year. If you'd like to follow along, sign up to receive my email newsletter! So here we go.

My sister had this pilea at my parents' house. The leaves are round and remind me of coins.

This is a small oil painting of some fish.

First I painted the primed wood panel in Van Dyke Brown, then subtracted out the fish where I wanted to paint with colors. This is my first time using a wood panel and it is significantly more slippery than canvas or paper. It took some getting used to but it was also quite fun.

Small oil paintings. The same reference photo but each painting is a little bit different.

Three paintings of three apples using oil paint.

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