Mother and Baby Watercolour and a Visit to Gardens at Buckfast Abbey.
Having talked about all the mediums I love to use in my last post, I have to say that I often come back to watercolour even though I find it the most difficult because it has its own mind and if you have any experience of it yourself you'll know that it quite often does what it pleases! This painting is a combo of watercolour and coloured pencil and I used it as a Mothers Day card to give to my mum this year. I'm thinking about getting it printed to sell in my shop but I haven't made up my mind about that yet.
The Millenium Show garden has a beautiful wall made from cut logs. Isn't it lovely?
I'd love a wall like that in my garden. My own gardening efforts are a bit hit and miss. The past couple of years I've been trying to grow cornflowers because I absolutely love the colour but last year's crop got eaten. I carefully nurtured them indoors and planted each of them outside when they looked big and strong enough. They were all eaten by the wildlife apart from just one plant!
This year I have my hopes up again with a new batch that have started sprouting.
If anyone has any tips on how to keep them alive I'd be very grateful to hear them!
Have a great week and I'll see you again soon. xx
Comments
Wow that garden wall is great ! It will change with the years no doubt ...
Love how simple it is and yet appealing, I could feel a connection; a mother child bond and their relation. So peaceful and colourful.
You could try planting in September. Often over wintering ones are stronger and gear head start on the slugs x