roses

Rose bush drawings

by Paul
I’ve been working on studies of a rose bush, which I found dumped outside a neighbour’s house. Perhaps it would be expected that only the part of a rose bush that protrudes above the ground would be drawn; instead I chose to draw the rose bush as an object, roots and all.
Perhaps I’ll colour the drawings in an effort to develop them further.

A large bunch of white roses

by Paul

A large bunch of white roses - oil pastel, poster paint, mounted on board.

A close up of some individual roses.
A close up of some individual roses.
Do roses look better in a bunch or all spread out like specimens mounted for our observation? Perhaps just like other objects roses deserve a chance to be considered on an individual basis.
Like other objects flowers have personality and should be considered valuable in their own right, even without being arranged.