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Today's sketches. I'm becoming more confident with the form of the tulips, so my sketches are getting slightly more complicated. The plan is to color these with watercolors in a more delicate ethereal style. Tonight I'm just going to pick out the colors I want to use and practice water to paint ratios, glazing compatibility and brush strokes.

Siberian squill (Scilla siberica) from the 2023 gardens.

One of my favorite flowers. I just love how it looks like Mother Nature painted each individual petal with watercolors! Such a beautiful flower.

Winter lays its last fragile blessing across the velvet heart of spring.

Botanical beauties in my gardens on March, 29 2026.

I like growing roses. You tend, you wait, and one day you step outside and know they’re blooming before you even see them - the way they transform the atmosphere of your garden is magical!