Prickly Pear Cactus

 
 This painting of  a "Prickly Pear Cactus" is from a tutorial by Sarah Cray for Let's Make Art.

I drew this cactus on a 4 x 6" Winsor Newton Watercolor cold press postcard. It was painted using Winsor Newton Cotman tube colors.

I enjoyed blending the colors into the wet areas and showing the lights and darks in this plant. It was an enjoyable challenge!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/06/june-2021-challenge-6-anything-goes.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

http://angiesdigitalstamps.blogspot.com/2021/06/ch-53-agno-twist-winners-of-ch-52-dt.html 

https://cccdigicreations.blogspot.com/2021/06/challenge-126-eileens-anything-goes.html