Lobivia Cactus

The other day David noticed some cute flowers bloomed from our long-neglected Lobivia cactus pot, so he moved it to the kitchen patio and changed its fate for the time being. Before then, I had no idea that cactus flowers could be so pretty! And as I Google searched its name, I ran into more adorable ones. It's really amazing those hard, spicky things can produce something this tender and beautiful.

When I picked it as my model at 3pm, the flower was wide open. When I worked on my second sketch at 5pm, it closed to the shape as shown. When I came back after dinner to finish it with watercolor at 7:30pm, it was closed! I had to retrieve my unreliable memory about its various shades and paint it accordingly. *sigh* Learned a lesson from Lobivia today.

Media: colored pencil, technical pen, watercolor.