Hibiscus Page

It has take me a while but I finally finished the page of sketches of my hibiscus plant. I have already posted a few of the sketches. The last group was done just with dry aquatone pencils. Here is the full page spread and the newest sketches.

Hibiscus III

 My hibiscus has been blooming a lot, but I never seem to get out on the patio to sketch it. My plan is to do a full page of sketches of the blossoms, so with this one I did text too.

Here is another small bud.

Hibiscus ii

For the few days that the hibiscus plant was in my living room I did a few sketches of the opening (and closing) blooms. Now that it is back outside on the patio I've been too lazy to go back out in the heat and sketch it.  Here is another sketch of an open hibiscus and a bud.

 

Hibiscus 1

 After my surgery a friend and her husband sent me a hibiscus plant. I had read that these plants require a lot of sunlight...something I don't really get. I put the plant outside on the railing of my patio. There were several buds on the plant that all fell off in a short time. I thought that didn't bode well for blooms, but recently new buds appeared. The first one opened into this beautiful hibiscus flower. I stood outside by the railing and sketched the first flower.  Of course this weekend the forecast was for Hurricane Henri to sweep through our area, so I brought the hibiscus and my two hanging plants indoors for safety. 

A friend told me the hibiscus flowers only last for a day and then they close up and fall off. Luckily when the first flower closed another bud was ready to start blooming. So far I have had three flowers. I was really happy to see this!

Here is the sketch of the first hibiscus flower. I sketched it in my Stillman & Birn Delta Sketchbook.