Pathetic Cube Plant Revisited
Fear of a houseplant is rather lame. And so for the past 3 days I’ve sketched the leaves of my cube plant to try to conquer the thing. While I’m not quite there (no shadows) at least there is no more panic.
The plant looks too healthy in these 3 drawings. I’m getting closer to capturing the pathetic-ness in the final drawing but I’m not quite there. The sadness of this plant can kind of be see in an actual picture of the plant in my first plant drawing post
Wednesday’s drawing. I limited myself to just 3 leaves to avoid the panic. I even tossed in a shadow.
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Thursday’s drawing. A large portion of the plant but just a contour drawing. And done with no panic. But I can assure you the plant does not look this good in real life.
Today’s drawing. A small portion of the plant but I’m starting to capture the bent and broken leaves a bit better.
Posted by Lisa in: Drawings
Lin said,
December 30, 2005 @ 4:55 pm
Leaves can be tricky — I think you’ve done very well, though the plant doesn’t look very sick — perhaps your attention has perked up the plant a bit?
Maggie in sc said,
December 30, 2005 @ 5:45 pm
isnt that a pony tail palm…they always look kinda odd…nice drawings though…
Felicity said,
December 31, 2005 @ 10:12 am
The drawings are very good but the comments are so funny! Don’t let that pathetic plant get the better of you - sounds like you are winning the fight!
Lisa Call said,
December 31, 2005 @ 1:39 pm
Hm - I don’t know what type of plant it is Maggie. It definitely looks odd!
Thanks for the compliments!
And Lin - I doubt anything could perk up this plant. Although maybe repotting it would be a good idea since the plastic tub it is in is split and cracked in several places. Next year at garage sales I should find a new home for it’s feet.
Rayna said,
January 1, 2006 @ 7:45 pm
What a hoot! I am having such a good time following the progression here. A great idea to sketch the same thing several times in a week to see how differently you see it. also reminds me that I had better water my pathetic plants, as well.