I’m a pretty little thing,
Always coming with the spring;
In the meadows green I’m found,
Peeping just above the ground,
And my stalk is cover’d flat
With a white and yellow hat.
Little Mary, when you pass
Lightly o’er the tender grass,
Skip about, but do not tread
On my bright but lowly head,
For I always seem to say,
“Surely winter’s gone away.”
_{- Ann Taylor, The Field Daisy}

Every Spring, the daisies in my garden (Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa) spring up with such exuberance I just had to paint some of them!

I’m exploring doing some watercolours on back-grounds with handwriting on them (this one from Boccacino), and find it gives some lovely soft effects. I saw this idea on one of Jim Nooney’s pages, where he uses the handwritten textures to make collages.

Watercolour, using only four colours – Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and Hookers Green – on Ashrad 200gsm – 12″ × 10″

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From my series of Flowers

Postcard

Mounted print

Greeting card

Framed print