Noticing Flowers

I've been drawing a lot more flowers and plants lately, mainly due to an increase in requests for botanical tattoo designs. Such as this in-progress drawing ...

As an art teacher, I've always said that the best drawers are the best observers.  The more you notice, the better you'll draw.  Well, I am also finding the opposite to be true.  The more plant life that I draw, the more that I notice.  My eyes are being drawn to little buds and blossoms more than they have been before.

I went on a hike on Mt Hood with some friends a couple weeks ago and found myself almost as excited about the wildflowers we walked by as I was the view of the peak.

The peak, my people, and some wild lupins.

And now I'm noticing flowers all the time.  I collect pictures of them on my walks and runs, and have an ongoing flower folder on my phone. 

at a park near by house

I think it would be fun to do a wildflower-of-Mt-Hood series.  At some point... once I get past some commissioned projects and my never-ending state bird series . . . Oh yeah and my children's book and nautical coloring book . . . . I'm definitely not bored!