Illustrating Nature's Wonders
Allium cepa
Colored Pencil/Gouache
The garden onion is closely related to the garlic, leek, chive and Chinese onion. The onion plant (Allium cepa), or bulb onion is the most cultivated variety of the allium family. As I was drawing this particular onion, the green shoots would move to follow the sunlight, offering a great challenge to capture its form. It really wanted to be planted!