Painter's diary – Page 2

Sulphur Tuft Fungi

These poisonous fungi are common in woodland and are found growing on tree stumps, dead roots and the decaying bark of broadleaf trees.

More paintings on cards….

Some more small paintings on cards for the fair. These are definitely best sellers!

Original paintings on cards

These small paintings are for a local craft fair I am attending this week.

Original paintings on cards

Small original watercolour paintings mounted on cards made for my stall at a local craft fair.

Spring Flowers

Spring flowers from my small garden

Colourful Tulips

These tulips grew from bulbs I planted in my small garden. Their bright, colourful patterns were a welcome sight at the end of winter and a good subject for painting.

Handmade Book of Winter

‘Images of Winter’, a handmade book of winter. I made the images for this over the last two winters and have finally put it all together. Many of the specimens were collected on winter walks or painted from photographs I took. The lichen mosaic at the end was done as part of a project run by natural history artist Sarah Morrish over last winter. The book comprises watercolour and pen and ink illustrations. The single leaves are painted on Lokta paper which gives them some texture and a realistic look.

Blue Tit

The Blue Tit is a native British bird common in gardens, parks and woodland. I have pictured him on a hawthorn branch. They have a three year life span and feed on insects, caterpillars, fruit, seeds and berries. This painting was done from a photograph taken by a friend.