White Terrestrial Orchid

Here is another terrestrial orchid whose petals are white. The name of the flower, based on the information on the internet, is Spathoglottis plicata. I made this artwork using Staedtler 2B pencil and Derwent watercolour pencils. As you can see below, I gave black strokes of graphite pencils as the background of the drawing but for the purpose of uploading the image into my redbubble store, I removed its black background using Adobe Photoshop.

It is now available on various products of Zazzle. One of them is the iPhone case presented below:

White Terrestrial Orchid online at redbubble

Watercolor painting of Orchid

Here is the watercolor painting of orchid that I created last year. I think it is from Dendrobium family but I don't know its species name. I often see orchid plant in high trees when I guide tourists on trekking or birding tour in the forest of Manokwari or Sorong regency of West Papua.

Orchids are epiphytes or air plants. This is true because most orchids grow in high trees on the junction between a branch and the main trunk of a tree. Their roots tightly cling to the tree and also gather moisture from the surrounding air. There are also species of this plant that grows on the ground taking nutrients from the soil.

Orchid can also be seen as a sensual flower that is beautiful if artistically drawn or painted on canvas or paper. Because I like watercolor, I will make more artworks of orchids and upload them in this blog. 

I also have got the vector version of this painting that I made using Inkscape software. I uploaded it on my zazzle.com tropical art store.

The artwork is available printed on various products from mugs to t-shirt and from mouse pad to adult apron.

For Digital vector: 

Pink Orchid Teapot by tropicalart

For the watercolor print products, please, click the following link:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/leororing/works/16187857-orchid-flower-in-watercolor

Watercolor Painting of Hibiscus Flower

I made a small artwork last week. It was a pink rose mallow whose Latin name was Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. In my country, it is called Kembang Sepatu or Shoe Flower. Perhaps the painting of this flower decorated a lot of shoes that became hot items in the past. I like making small sized watercolor paintings because I can finish each of  in one day.

Red Hibiscus - watercolor on paper

This painting is available for purchase in various print products, one of them is hibiscus invitation cards or greeting cards on Redbubble.
If you are interested in having a rose mallow painting on the wall of your house, you can contact me for a commission works. I will paint it and send it to you. by Charles Roring/ E-mail: charlesroring@gmail.com