Running out of time

In the summer or fall every year I do a new artwork for my Christmas card.  And I just realized it's almost the end of September and I haven't even started!

Actually I do know what I want to do, and I even have the photos from last Christmas for reference.  So I guess I'd better get started, huh? 

I'm going to do a watercolor of one of my favorite flowers, an iconic symbol of the holidays to me, the amaryllis.  I'll try to chronicle my steps, so you can see how I progress through it. 

Which picture do you like:  left or right?