Here is a quick painting of a group of plants that we keep by the window in the winter. The one in the middle is a cactus we got a street sale in Verdun many years ago, it started off as one tiny little portion, which grew into this enormous cactus with hundreds of little portions. They fall off and start growing, or can be easily re-potted. Even though foliage looks green, most of the times its closer to yellow. Only succulents or some tropical plants will have truly green leaves. For the painting I used combinations of yellow (PY184), shadow green (PBk31) and green (PG36). The letters and numbers are pigment codes, different companies sell them under different brand names. For example, I have 'bamboo green' from Holbein (PG36), and phthalo green yellow shade (also PG36) from Daniel Smith. Identical pigments despite the differing brand names.
Group of plants, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025
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