"The Swan" Night Blooming Iris Still Life

I grow a lot of irises in my gardens. It's one of my favorite flowers & I try to take photos of new varieties wherever I go. This drawing is part real & part imagination. Based on a strange Iris I found growing in a turn of the century garden.
Created Nov 16, 2011. Unless noted Copyright 2011 MsMystery.

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Whitemorn Jan 07, 2012

My favorite flower! A beauty! 5H and faved! :)

jo_esp Dec 12, 2011

this is so beautiful. nice colour.. 5h

OLGASA115 Nov 26, 2011

irises are really so beautiful and i love how they smell, you drew this flower so beautifully! 5/5

mingu Nov 26, 2011

You have a gorgeous and unique style. This is beautiful! :) 5 ♥s and collection

magamagoh Nov 26, 2011

GREAT WORK, YOU RENDERED THE DELICATE PETALS SO WELL..

Laurat Nov 21, 2011

Very beautiful indeed. LOVE the colours against the dark back ground. Fabulous picture.

crinaanca Nov 19, 2011

very beautiful iris ! collection !

STREETLEVEL Nov 18, 2011

Grgeous... COngrats and finding it in your mind nad garden! 5/5

glynn90 Nov 17, 2011

Brilliant draw.. loivn' those colours:) 5/5 fav's & coll .. btw; I have beent rying to draw an Iris for ages now,I hav'nt got very far with it so far :)

MsMystery replied: Nov 18, 2011

Thanks Glynn--I find irises to be one of the easier flowers to draw....poppies too. Don't give up on creating an iris drawing of your own. I prefer drawing them to roses, which I think are harder to make look more realistic and accurate.

PainfulRemedy Nov 17, 2011

The flower looks even more beautiful against the night sky background with the colorful aurora/nothern lights/or something in it! xD I adore the way you drew the petals so delicately and the amethyst/opal/citrine colors of them. :D 5/5 and favorites.

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