18th May

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Here's an interesting silluette which I spotted on the way back from the park. I'm always pleased to get blue sky as a background.

17th May

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I love finding fallen petals and leaf patterns. They are great fun to rework  their colour, size and fluency.  There are a lot of designs to be made from a signed photo like this.

12th May

As I walked into the road where I live I could smell a soft, scent of rose. I stopped to smell the bloom. Nothing beats the smell of a garden rose.  

11th May

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All the leaves are catching the rays. Summer is just beginning. These long days are full of optimism for the months ahead. 

9th May

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I like the way the colours of these flowers blend. You can use flowers like paint. Dark colours can be used to add shade and depth.  Whilst different colours can be mixed to blend into one colour akin to pointillism. 

7th May

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Different types off grass are fascinating. My parents have place matts with laminated dried grasses.  They make great prints if dipped in die/paint and can also be used as a mask when pigment is painted onto paper and pressed on top so that the colour prints around them.

6th May

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Today I went to a roof top garden on the Southbank. I met my friend Jen who I hadn't seen for ages and I found these beauties too.

5th May

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Pretty pleased with this Aquilegia photo. The yellow and green  verigated ivy make a great background for the purple flower.

4th May

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I love the brown/aging parts of a flower because they suggest where I should paint gold. I'd like to paint this pink flower and give it the heroic guild it deserves. After all, this Camelia shrub has been flowering since March.