This plant is distinguished its elongated clusters of light pink flowers, green berries and ripe fleshy blue-black berries all at the same time. Inkberry or Pokeberry is a beautiful plant with a significant toxicity. However, if prepared correctly, the leaves … Continue reading Inkberry or Pokeberry, September’s Plant of the Month
June’s ‘Plant of the Month’ is the Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) with its hanging clusters of yellow flowers. Experimenting with depth of field with these flowers against the water.The flowers out of focus showing circular rain ripples on the … Continue reading Golden Rain Tree, June’s Plant of the Month
The yellow blooms of Broom and Gorse always signal spring to me. But while Broom & Gorse are my choice for May’s ‘Plants of the Month’, the reasons they should really be called ‘Weeds of the Month’ are spelled out … Continue reading Broom & Gorse: May’s Plants (or Weeds) of the Month
Painting of tiger lilies doing a spear dance. Detail of an acrylic painting of a shadowy dancer within a gorse bush. Pencil drawing of a dancer in the ‘Queen of the Night’ flowering cactus. Painting of dancers surrounding ‘Queen of the … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance of the Flowers Paintings
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge I thought I’d put Waterlogue through its paces with some red bottlebrush flowers on the west coast of Spain. The original photo has just the right amount of detail to work with Waterlogue. Vibrant: Definitely bright! … Continue reading Trying Waterlogue Styles on Red Bottlebrush Flowers
These tiny yellow flowers on some feathery weeds growing in the alley provided the inspiration for this painting. Here is a photo of this delicate weed growing in my back alley, up against some weathered wood. Watercolour and pencil sketch of this weedy fern-like … Continue reading A Word A Week Photograph Challenge: a Delicate Weed
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