African Violets - a series of 15 sketches

One of the questions I get quite often is why I draw the same thing over and over. Among several long versions of the answer (depending on who is asking), I have one very short one: It is never the same.

I just finished a sketchbook and collected here fifteen portraits of my African Violets. They are resting right now after repotting and I hope to see new buds soon - but I am always happy to draw them - flowers or not: furry leaves with different colors on two sides, interesting patterns of veins, the complexity of the shape they make as they grow, stems that are as prominent as leaves - and that is all before the flowers! 

 I've had these violets for some time now - here is a link to a whole collection of drawings of them I did over the years: 
https://blog.apple-pine.com/search/label/african%20violet