I always admired botanical artists and never dared to hope I could reach their level of skill and accuracy. For a long time, this stopped me from even trying my hand at botanical subjects. But then I allowed myself to make this drawing with zero expectations, and that made all the difference. ‘Azalea’ - an ink drawing that came seemingly out of nowhere. At a time when I was feeling stressed and overwhelmed, I decided to draw something for the pure joy of creating, without the need to reinforce m