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Using coloured pencils – I have been using Caran D’Ache Luminance coloured pencils for some time now. I love the intense colours that the waxiness of pencils can produce. It has been fun drawing flowers and selecting colours both for the flowers and the surrounding areas. With oil painting, layering is important to me and I love using these pencils in thhe same way. I have been working on a number of flower drawings, mostly flowers I have always loved and have included them in my series ‘in the garden’ – here is my link. Succulents are a new favorite for me – sometimes their colours are striking but other times more subtle shades of pink, mauve and grey. I have been planting more succulents in pots and I love the plump shapes – like jade, crown-of-thorns, aeonium. I often take photos of small patches of succulents I find, often in someone else’s garden – it reminds me of my intrigue with moss along the edges of a pathway when I was a child.

I think ‘the smell of rain’ is finished – in time for the Ocean Shores art expo. Now need to continue on with ‘Treasured’, a painting of a dog who I saw one day when I was out and he was a very special and ‘treasured’ dog with a beautiful garland of flowers. These works are for the art expo with the theme ‘treasures’.

Getting the colours right and letting the light drift through the painting – still is work in progress

The Flower Garden is finished – fun to paint because it is so happy. The sunflowers and agapanthus have begun flowering and more flower painting to come!! Some of the giant sunflowers haven’t yet blossomed but are soaring up to more than 6 feet. The echidna is doing its rounds. Love nature!