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.
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
Susanne, I just love your flowers with the design in the borders! Together they create such balanced compositions. Simply beautiful work. As for the lights at night, do they have OTT lamps in the UK? I love them for creating natural spectrum light, allowing me to do detail work at night. They aren't wildly expensive, and are really very helpful.
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