My Photograph of an Orange Cactus Prickly Pear Flower at Huntington Gardens + June Sketches Art, Day 15 Sketch, Rose...

I took this photograph of this orange cactus prickly pear flower at Huntington Gardens.  The colors of this flower reminds me of a glorious sunrise or sunset... I hope that you will enjoy this photo!

I love to paint flowers, you may see some of my finished paintings at www.lisarusso.com if you'd like.

Here is a sketch of a rosebud.  This gently blooming rose is standing tall.  I doubt I'll paint it, but I did enjoy sketching it.


I've decided to try and do a sketch a day in June.  This is day 15.  

This is a rough sketch.

A Photograph of the Flower of a Night Blooming Cactus...

This photograph is of a night blooming cereus cactus.  I took it at my previous home, we had some large cereus cacti outside of the front and when they would bloom, it seemed so magical to me.    I hope you will enjoy it...