I was given a Hyacinth bulb, potted in a tiny bucket with moss, before Christmas (thanks Daisy!) and started sketching it. I eventually captured two weeks growth in four pictures, a very primitive time-lapse sequence. In the last sketch the flowers were growing so fast that they’d moved again by the time I finished the picture…

Fountain pen and water-brush with Lexington grey, watercolour, gouache, A7-A4 – approximately 20 to 30 minutes each