IS THIS A LOTUS FLOWER?

8"x 10.5"
Soft pastel on white Pastelmat

This picture was painted for the 'Paint and Draw Together' October challenge.
I think it is a Lotus flower.

Imagined Scene, clouds with sea and cliffs

12"x15"
Soft pastels on brown Pastelmat

I decided to practice clouds and the painting developed from there. Coincidently, I discovered one of my friends was painting a very similar scene in watercolour!

Horse from Provence

8"x11"
Soft pastels and pastel pencil on natural sienna Pastelmat
From a photograph taken by my son Kevin