Wordless Wednesday

Delphiniums

I have the most gorgeous blue delphiniums in the garden at the moment.
They have a beautiful purple sheen here and there, that makes them almost luminous.
I just had to get out my watercolours and give it go.
This approx. 30cm x 40cm

Flower prints

I did this flower print today with flowers from my garden.
I was inspired by this post at painted fish studio
I used the exact same technique except with flowers on watercolour paper.
The column of blue flowers are delphiniums, and of course everybody knows the pansy, the little red flowers are verbena and the last are little purple daisies.
I was amazed at the detail and colour that came out.
I have no idea how colour fast the natural dye of the flowers is but it was such a joy just to experiment.
I'll be sure to date it and record the fading, out of curiosity.