dendrobium orchid © 2009 patricia vannucci

Donovyn, thank you for dropping in with those kind thoughts :)

Thank you Christiane, your kind thoughts leave me encouraged. :)

thank you for those kind words, we have a love of orchids in common :) they are gorgeous aren’t they?!!!

Renate you sound exactly like me.. i have them in the house when they are in flower.. and they are exquisite ‘elegant’ as you say! Enjoy them

Thank you Sandra for those kind thoughts and also for sharing, you had orchids in your wedding bouquet – how lovely! :)

too kind Sandra.. thank you for that.. i remember our Nicholas saying this too in his DVD! (insert wink)

Hi Anni, thank you for popping in! Some dendrobiums have a strong fragrance particularly dendrobium speciosum – australian rock lily as they are sometimes known by.. these have a powerful perfume especially early morning – beautiful.. not sure about this one though! :) x

Nice to see you Ingrid.. thank you very much :)

thank you Susan for your quick response here :)

thank you so much.. you are so sweet!

This almost did not make it as a painting at all Rory, last week in the watercolour group i was told i could not stay in back (despite there being room) to finish it. If you know anything about watercolours you would know that you don’t want to move it around until all is stable.
Thank you for your enthusiastic, kind comment.. appreciate your continued support. :)

mr wonderful – how did i miss this wonderful comment by you!
thanx :)

WOW! Annette!!!! Thanking you for the FEATURE! Very kind of you.

Thank you Christiane, your support here as well as on the blog is phenomenal! Much appreciated (((hugs)))

Thank you Ken, your comment indicates to me that you know something about watercolour :) in my case, sometimes it just works.. mostly it does not… i was lucky with this one. :)

Thank you Ming for your kind feedback – the orchid is a sexy flower – just my opinion :)

I must agree with you! A great deal of intuition and adaptability and also fast thinking as watercolour is contantly changing as it dries.. it is as you say neat when it all goes well.. and then sometimes (on occassion) better than you envisaged – you really need to be adaptable at the end of the day and just go with the flow!

Thanks Ken – i try to keep my photos here as close to the original colourings as i can. I do thank you for the kind suggestion however. This work is fairly muted and not bright as the colour magenta would normally be on its own. :) I will have a play with the colours in Picasa – thank you.

Hi, yes you are correct in assuming this is the white of the paper! In altering this through Picasa i find that it also alters the colours of the painting in the area of colour.. i’m not very computer savvy i’m afraid :( But i do appreciate your advice here Ken :)

Thanks for that, i will have a go at trying to get the white a little whiter. Appreciate your help! :):):) and your time :)

Thank you Cate, don;t be sorry, everyone is busy, and thank you for your very kind words, your support whenever it comes is valued.