Bird Topiary Hedge

Thanks Dentanarts! I have just had it laser printed to get the colours bright and clear enough. I have had a lot of fun with the collage and all the possibilities!

Thanks Fesseldreg!

I should take some photos of the garden I have at home, this topiary bird would look at home here!

Thanks Nick! I love night scenes. I wouldn’t mind wandering through this garden. It is kind of a surreal feeling I get when I paint and draw these scenes.

Thanks Anne. I guess this would be a garden with less upkeep and wouldn’t have to mow the lawn etc! LOL.

Thanks Anita! The images come out quite vivid on the computer screen. I think this is one of my faves too.

Thanks Vicky! I am experimenting with highlights. After I have laser or inkjet printed a work I paint in the highlights and shading if needed. At the moment I have bits of leaves and garden all over my desk and in the recycle bin in the office!

It has been quite cool here in Oz so I am getting back to new works and finishing others. It is quite satisfying to see some projects I have had in mind for a while and now see them come to fruition.

Thanks Mouseman! It is one of my faves too. Nice to meet you!

Thanks Orla! I have had a lot of fun with the collage. After bits of poor Oscar and now leaves! I should take a photo for the “Falling Leaves” group of the mess I sometimes have! :)))

Thanks Elizabeth! It is one of my faves too. I enjoy the collage backgrounds as I can create a number of scenes the same and add a quirky/odd assortment of creatures to my “Strange Garden”.

Thanks PJ. I love this garden as it is pretty easy to look after and not have to mow the lawns etc! And plus it is kind a garden I would love to venture into at night.

Thanks Barbara. I have had a lot fun being in my Strange NIght Garden! I have a few more ideas of more strange Topiary too.

Merci Beaucoup! Thanks so very much for your commment!

Thanks Camilla! I am in the process of more of the Garden images like this one. I am currently working with a cat on a garden wall!

Thanks nishaghandhi! I am planning to do more of my strange garden creatures with my new white cat, Alabaster.

Thanks Catherine! Leaves and gardens and Fish seem to be my thing these days!

That’s right! At first I draw a black and white ( and sometimes coloured pencil) drawing, copy it onto the transparency film, then paint the reverse side, and then either inkjet or laser print it. Then I cut it all our if I need extra leaves. Then I touch up the highlights etc.

Thanks mrana!

Thanks Andrea!

Thanks Blythart! They are quite vivid when they are printed onto 220gsm gloss card from the xerox shop too. I like the 3D effect too – I guess it is a sneek peek into the strange garden of my mind!

Thanks Margot! I am doing some more Strange Garden series at the moment, so you will be able to walk some more in the garden!

Thanks Genenievem! I think the hedge /Strange Garden series are among my favourites!

Thanks Gemynd. I love the fact most people have a garden (or want one). I let people walk into this one that I have in my mind and dreams.