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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...
Monday, September 26, 2016

The most beautiful fairytale is the one in your dreams.

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Lady in pink -- Ink sketch and watercolour Die mooiste sprokie is die een in jou drome. The most beautiful fairytale is the o...
Monday, September 5, 2016

Hedgie, my African Hedgehog

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W&N watercolour in Moleskine Notebook   Dedicated to all who love Hedgehogs! This is Hedgie, a male Southern African Hedgehog (At...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Kei-apple botanical - and a Chameleon

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Ink sketch and watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm – Kei Apple tree and a Flap-necked Chameleon (Chamaeleonidae – (Chameleo dilepis) T...
Friday, July 8, 2016

Plant for the Planet

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W&N watercolour on DalerRowney 220gsm (135lb) Smooth heavy-weight sketching paper, from my imagination, no preliminary sketching. ...
Sunday, June 5, 2016

Rose of friendship

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Black ink sketch and watercolour  on a sketch pad Long associated with beauty and perfection, red roses are a time-honoured way to sa...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

My Aloe route

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Ink sketch and W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm This is the road I take (I call it ‘my aloe route’) when I go to visit a frie...
Friday, April 8, 2016

Echeveria imbricata in terracotta pot

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm  An Echeveria in a pot on my patio (Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa) This popular and vig...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Rattail Cactus sketch

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  Ink sketch and watercolour on Amedeo 200gsm Sketch of my Rattail Cactus (Aporocactus flagelliformis), on my patio (Tarlton, Gauteng, Sout...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Aloe flowers - Nature's silent healer

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  W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm Several Aloes have flowers with nectar that can be consumed. Among the sippable blossoms are A....
Friday, March 4, 2016

Echeveria imbricata in wooden planter

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W&N watercolour on small Bockingford 300gsm (5½" x 7½" – half of A4) Echeveria imbricata in a wooden crate on my patio. C...
Monday, February 29, 2016

An African Moon in December

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Black Pilot Lettering pen ink sketch of a full moon over my garden in Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa Sketching again... Art thou ...
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Young Aloe ferox

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm My experience is that this aloe (A. ferox) spreads easily from seed – from my original three pla...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Graptoveria "Fred Ives"

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm ::   A succulent given to me by a friend a couple of months ago growing in a pot in my ga...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Echeveria imbricata

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Ink sketch and watercolour in Moleskine Watercolour sketch-book – 8″ × 5″ I’m absolutely mad about Echeverias and have a small section ...