Posies

Today I did a little study of flowers.

My favorite part is the top, right hand corner:

That is all.

Dinner Plate Dahlias

After what seemed like far too long, I finally unpacked my paints today. My mother has beautiful gardens around her house, so today I planted myself in front of some amazing dinner plate dahlias and had a go at painting them in the sun.

Sketch of dinner plate dahlias

It would undoubtably be easier if I brought them inside and controlled the light and the wind, but it was too lovely a day not to sit in the garden.