Trips to the greenhouse are a pick-me-up during the winter months when everything is dormant and gray outside, but they also provide inspiration for my drawing, illustration and surface pattern design projects.

Here are a few color palettes I’m working with these days using tiny plants on display at the local greenhouse.
Since I can’t bring all of them home on every visit, I try to bring home pictures to use for reference for new illustrations in my sketchbook.

My plan next is to draw these sketches digitally and turn them into a new collection of surface patterns! So fun!

Terri