Winter Warmer 2019

Our Winter Warmer - 2019/20

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Where our artists live.

Vessels of Life - © Jackie Isard - UK

Watercolour. Seedhead series which includes Hog Weed, Agapanthus, Cowslip, Rosehip, Iris, Honesty, Welsh Poppy, Camassia and Marigold

Peas and Beans - © Gillie Spargo - UK

Watercolour. Peas and beans (Pisum sp., Phaseolus sp.) was initially painted over several months to obtain different stages of growth. The diagonal stem of beans was added in the summer. All specimens from my allotment.

Winter Twigs - © Brenda Coleman - UK

Watercolour, pen and ink. Ash buds are opposite and black; willow and oak buds are arranged spirally, the latter being in clusters at the tips of branches; poplar twigs are brown and very knobbly. Fraximus excelsior, Salix caprea, Quercus robur, Populus nigra (Ash, Goat Willow, Pedunculate Oak, Black Poplar).

An Autumn Blackberry Branch - © Gaynor Dickeson - UK

Rubus fructicosa. Branch and berries painted in actual size from life. Leaves and fruit replaced as parts died. Watercolour painted on Kelmscott vellum.

The White Pine Cone - © Claire Ward - UK

The White Pine cone is painted twice life-size in watercolours on Fabriano Classico 140lb hotpress paper.

Wildflowers - © Lorraine Barraclough - UK

Watercolour and graphite. Wildflowers growing in the hedges, roadsides and verges of Aberdeenshire. 1. Feather of a Kestrel Falco tinnunculus. 2. Germander speedwell Veronica chamaedrys. 3. Sorrel Rumex acetosa. Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens. 5. Orange hawkweed Pilosella aurantiaca. 6. Brown garden snail Helix aspersa. 7. Tufted vetch Vicia cracca.

Sweet Pea Painted Lady - © Lisa Coles - UK

Watercolour. Lathyrus odoratus is from the Fabaceae or pea family, showing here typical characteristics of 5 petals: an erect banner, 2 wing petals around the lower keel of 2 fused petals.

Slipper Orchid - © Joan Giles

Paphiopedilum maudiae "Femma". Life-size watercolour on HP Fabriano Classico 5.

Purple Princess - © Jackie Isard - UK

Watercolour. A dissected Greater Knapweed flowerhead. Centaurea scabiosa (dissected).

Red Kangaroo Paw - © Melinda Edstein - Australia

An Australian native (Anigozanthos rufus) with stunning, furry red flowers that actually do resemble a kangaroo's paw,

Three autumn Blueberry leaves - © Gaynor Dickeson - UK

Blueberry leaves from a cultivated Highbush Blueberry which were found on the patio. Painted with watercolour on natural calfskin vellum

Red Hot Poker - © Anne Girling - UK

Coloured pencil and graphite. The plant drawn is a specimen from the Merton Borders of Oxford Botanic Garden in the South African bed. Kniphofia sp.

Pommegranate - © Giovanna Gatto - Italy

Watercolour. Warm colours for pommegranate. Punica granatum.

Pink Flowering Gum - © Melinda Edstein - Australia

Coloured pencil. An Australian native flowering tree, Eucalyptus leucoxylon.

Natal Bottlebrus © Cynthia Byrne-Margetts - USA

Greyia sutherlandii. Watercolour painted on 140lb HP paper.

Watercolour painting of a Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) with detail of the ground cover; twigs, decayed leaves and bark.

Watercolour. Spathiphyllum . I love the fragility and delicate colours of this lovely house plant - a welcome gift that provided the perfect subject for indoors during a particularly rainy period.