Plants and flowers inspire me to draw! My goal is to have the plant drawing look realistic. I enjoy the challenge of drawing the leaf shapes, stem textures and flowers that is unique to each type of plant. When drawing plants without the element color, there needs to be a variety of line, dots and value to create interest in the drawing. Living in Florida provides an opportunity to have a backyard fill of different types of plants and flowers. The plant above is one of my favorites, it is part of the cactus family and is called a Crown-of- horns with Euphorbia Milii as the Latin name.
Before I start my drawing, I break down the plant into smaller parts, noticing the leaf shapes, the stem textures and the flowers.
Chapter 6 in my book “Exploring Perspective Hand Drawing, Fundamentals for Interior Design” provides more information on drawing plants.