Cactus shelf

A tall branching cactus, a flowering round cactus and a paddle-shaped cactus share one shelf. The simple silhouettes and plain pots leave plenty of space for bold colors.

How much detail?

Simple cactus silhouettes and wide pots offer large areas with sparse detail. About the labels.

Try this palette: Desert pots

Try mint, emerald and olive for the plants, then warm terracotta pots.

A small coloring tip

Use broad crayons on the pots and cactus bodies, turning to a pointed pencil for the small flower.

Invent a separate pot pattern for each cactus: stripes, dots and zigzags all fit.