Simple Tulip Step by Step Class

I have created a step by step class for you to create this tulip

You can find the step by step class at the left....... under classes in watercolours step by step
Please leave a comment if you would like more - or found it helpful....have fun

Carol

A few tulips - on a rainy afternoon

What a rainy day - so I painted a few tulips which are so lovely and bright at this time of the year!

These are almost fully blown - I love the looseness of the petals

The centres are so great - I really enjoyed working on this new paper
300gsm rough - it 'blooms' well

Have a great day

Love Carol

A few paintings....at last !!

Well It has been a while since I updated the site as I have been a bit inundated at work! We have gained new funding and I guess I didn't expect that they would all be approved but they were.....so ..... I am run off my feet!

Anyway enough of that here are some new paintings from our trip to Tilba and a few I have done in the last few days..... Please enjoy

This would have to be my favuorite painting for some time. This coastal bansia was growing near Mystery Bay looking out to see and although the flower was great - I really loved this banskia pod. It has such character. Not only that but it is painted on much smaller paper than usual - A5 size instead of A4 or A3. It was tricky to execute but I love the result.


I am pretty desperate to find flowers in my garden at the moment but this little Happy Wanderer (Hardenbergia) is now putting out its buds even though most other plants are sleeping as it is so cold. The purple is so vivid when it is out properly - but here we are only lucky enough to have buds.


The camilias in the winter garden are a bit weedy due to the drought and probably lack of food.....I took pity on them today and gave them a good dose of moo poo and water so hopefully they will feel a lot better soon. Phil also popped on wetting agent because the drought has made the garden water repellant - hopefully it will rain this week - we need lots!!

This little pink flowering gum is struggling in the front garden with the drought, but low down are a few new flowers ..... this is a bit more subtle in colours than the real colours of the flowers and leaves but I like the quiet feel to this painting.

A few flowers growing in my garden - everything is a bit straggly at the moment. But those jonquils give a real splash of much needed colour to the beds. I am not really a fan of yellow in my paintings as it does tend to look dirty when you shade it - but this has worked quite well I think.


This flowering gum was valiantly putting forth a few early flowers - it usually is covered in blossoms in October. There has been a lot of rain in Tilba over the last couple of months so everything was looking lush and green for our weekend away.



Finally the last painting from Tilba - it is really such a lovely spot.

Thanks for letting me share my paintings with you......

Lots of love
Carol