Showing posts with label hibiscus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hibiscus. Show all posts

Friday, May 6, 2016

Friday Tulips

How's it going folks? Ive been a little 'ho hum' with a nasty cold. Hmmm, it must be nearly Winter!

Actually, I love Winter. I'm a 'green' girl. The pastures fill with grass again with feed for the horses, my garden gets watered more regularly (more weeds to deal with as well of course). But I also have a great excuse to play more in my studio! Plus we have a tin roof and there is nothing better in this world than listening to rain on a tin roof at night time. :-)
Which is your favourite season. Why?

But I digress. Even though I have been feeling pretty yuk, I have managed play with some paint on a little canvas for Paint Party Friday. I am working on a series of flowers at the moment, and had thought that after applying some varnish to make the colours pop it would be finished. But looking at it now, there's a little more work to be done yet. Maybe? Any ideas? (other than sorting out the horizon line)

Pink poppies acrylic painting

Addit - Mothers Day! Happy Mothers Day to you all!

Well, I had another look at my Tulips and decided that after a little advice from the clever Linda, I would add a little birdy and a few golden stenciled blossoms. I am now happy!




And I had some lovely lush yarn that I thought I would crochet up into a nice scarf. 


 And just to finish off for the day, I found this rather showy hibiscus that was almost bigger than the plant itself! Perfect for Floral Friday.





Well, that is definitely my lot for today. Time to go in a say hello to hubby as it must be cup of tea time. 
Tarrah all. :-)

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Silk Painted Hibiscus

Tropical Hibiscus Flower
I love flowers. Can't get enough of them really! 
We are establishing a garden in our new home and eight months ago started planting cuttings of plants propogated from our previous home. Most of the successful cuttings were hibiscus shrubs, which it seems all have started growing successfully! At last count we have 15 hibiscus plants in about 6 different varieties all starting to flower! This time next year, it should be an absolute riot of colour! 
Just my style really!

Most of my art is inspired by flowers and when this little hibiscus flower popped up, I had to get out the silk paints and play!

Hand painted Silk Scarf
Not quite as apricot as the above flower. But still nice and bright I think. :-) Perfect for summer.
Floral Silk Scarf