Fruit, flowers and leaves - latest work

I am working on a series of flower/design miniatures measuring no more than 3 inches square.  I aim to do seven in all with a feature flower in the middle and designed border.  I have finished the first three of seven:

This one is of clematis montana. I did this one in pen and watercolour on very smooth Bristol board paper - even used a magnifying glass to save my eyesight.

Here is another example of how I can play around with colour and design while keeping everything tonally correct with the Rudbeckias shining through.

This is a picture of echinacea - one of my favourite cone flower varieties which I try to grow in the garden without much success.

For all my small paintings I use very small brushes from a size 0 to 2 - I try to paint during the day time as the natural light coming into my window is at its brightest.  My lamp at night is not too great.  I sometimes need to use a magnifying glass, but try not to rely on it.  I will be posting another 4 paintings when I get them done.

The above painting has been done on a scrap of mount board using pencil crayons - usually caran d'ache because they are the softest - and pen. 

When I was visiting my mother in Shaftesbury,  Dorset I decided to take some close up shots of different leaves I found in her garden as they provided a rich source of design for future work I may want to do:

I love the shapes in each of these photos - it is easy to see that these could be incorporated into pictures/designs which would be very pleasing to the eye.  As an example, below I have an unfinished picture of a smoke bush, taken from a photo I took a while ago -  I have referenced the photo, but interpreted the lines and details my own way.

This is clearly a work in progress, but one I hope to finish when  I can