Triffid cacti weeds
Cactus tree
Cactus celebration – acrylic on canvas
Cactus in landscape
Cacti in landscape
Tenerife is an island of fantastic beauty, a hard black landscape sculpted by massive volcanic lava eruptions, where prickly cacti grow with so many triffid like variations in weed like abundance.
This week I took photographs of the riot of colour at the Los Gigantes carnival and made a series of quick sketches of cacti.
Here are a few drawings and photos capturing some inspirations together with a painting made at a little studio in the main square at Los Gigantes.
Cactus celebration – acrylic on canvas
Cacti drawing
Succulents
Cacti drawing
Cacti close up
artistintheshed 
Mary, you travel to such interesting places! I love your rendition of the cactus. Your colors are always so vibrant!
Hi Grace -thanks for saying so – colour is definitely my thing and I love drawing and painting tropical plants!