Joy
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This is an adenium, commonly known as a desert rose. It is very overworked and not bright and fresh as I would like. I am not sure how to approach flowers that all all the same color and try to get a variety of shades without them looking so different they do not belong on the same plant. It is a watercolor, 11 x 8, on a sample piece of New York Central 140HP. It lifted too easily to glaze, almost like cellulose paper, even though it is cotton. I know that is a characteristic of HP paper, but I have had Arches and it was much better. Where I had it taped to the board, it ripped a bit when the tape was removed. So I would not recommend it. At least I like my composition, as I cropped to get different shapes of negative space about the blooms. The colors do look more vibrant on the original.