Flowerings

I was a bit late finishing both my February and March Flowerings paintings for my Markshall project. But now they are both finished and on the Small Paintings & Drawings page.

For February I painted a beautifully scented Daphne Bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’. It was growing in the area of trees and shrubs to the right hand side of the lake. This was painted in gouache on Saunders watercolour paper, with some details added in Caran D’Ache Neocolour II water soluble wax crayons.

February Flowerings

For my March Flowerings I had to choose daffodils as they were everywhere around the gardens! I walked up to Robin’s Grove, where I painted the snowdrops in February. The snowdrops had all gone, of course, but in their place the Grove was filled with primroses and daffodils.
This painting is in Unison soft pastel on Clairefontaine Pastelmat. Like all the Flowerings paintings it is 9 inches (about 23cm) square.

March Flowerings

I shall be making my April visit quite soon and I’m wondering what will be flowering this month . . .