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Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Saturday, October 7, 2023

Geranium or Pelargonium?

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm  Geraniums originated from South Africa, as well as Reunion, Madagascar, Egypt and Morocco ...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

H. hortensis

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Flowers have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. ...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Evening Primrose

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Mixed media of W&N watercolour and candle wax on Bockingford 300gsm I wanna be the mild fragrance of an evening primrose gentle an...
Sunday, March 19, 2017

Elaborate blossoms, in every hue

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm   As I embrace Slumber the eyes of Night watch over me, and as I awaken I stare at the sun...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Autumn reds

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Black ink sketch with colour wash in Moleskine 200gsm watercolour sketch-book Autumn – The colourful month of May filled with red daisies...
Monday, February 8, 2016

Spring splendour

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Black ink sketch with colourwash in Moleskine 200gsm watercolour sketch-book It is somehow extremely satisfying doodling with ink and colo...
Friday, February 5, 2016

Daisy love in Spring

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Watercolour in my Moleskine 200gsm watercolour paper Nature Journal  FLOWERS ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST INSPIRATIONS FROM NATURE! Every S...
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Summer Cosmos

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Black ink sketch and colour wash in Moleskine 200gsm watercolour sketch-book. Summer goes hand in hand with fields of Cosmos flowers ...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

Dianthus in Terracotta Pot

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A pot of Dianthus on a friend's patio. (W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm) I couldn't believe the array of colours thes...
Sunday, July 5, 2015

My favourite Aloes

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm - Aloe ferox Two of my favourite Aloes - A. ferox above and A. marlothii below - every wint...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

The Poppy

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm Poppies in a friend’s garden (Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa) High on a bright and sunny bed ...
Friday, April 17, 2015

Aloe ferox painting 2

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm Aloe ferox (also known as the Cape Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Red Aloe and Tap Aloe), is a species of...
Monday, April 13, 2015

Cosmos in March

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm March and end-of-summer in South Africa heralds Cosmos time! Every year these beauties grace...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Looking forward to beautiful Geraniums

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm My Geraniums looked decidedly worse for the wear this past winter – I added some fresh pottin...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year 2015!

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Original is W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm The best part of the season is remembering those who make the holidays meaning...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

Cosmos in December

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  W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm Here in South Africa we know Christmas is near when the Hydrangeas and Cosmos...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Summer beauties

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W&N watercolour on a back-ground painted with coffee in a Bockingford 300gsm sketch-pad A clump of Shasta daisies, growing at the ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Arum fields

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm A happy meander through the fields and flowers of a sunny Spring morning ... .
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Marigolds and Geraniums

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The humble Marigold sharing space with a pot of Geraniums on my patio .....   Watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm – 12″ × 8″ Marigol...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

Such Geraniums!

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Such geraniums! It does not become us poor mortals to be vain—but, really, my geraniums! - Mary Mitford, ‘Our Village’ ...