Traditional Botanical Art : Leaf : Botanical Watercolour of a Leaf from the Garden Botanical watercolour illustration seeks to capture the tiny details that give leaves their individuality. Painting realistic watercolour leaves and plants to complement wildlife paintings of the local British woodland animals and birds is necessary to portray them in their realistic habitats; their entire natural environment is built from leaves and plants and trees and flowers. This leaf was painted in a traditional, realistic style but it has a certain contemporary feel about it in the way in which it appears to be dancing. British Botanical Art : Botanical Art and Local Wildlife : Hellebore Leaf Getting to know a leaf by painting it in detail helps to bring its character to life; this hellebore leaf looks like a plain green leaf but upon close inspection the various areas of the leaf, along the edges and veins, are really a mixture of different yellow, green and even red shad...
British Wildlife Watercolours. British wildlife, birds and flowers are carefully painted using watercolours, based on the wildlife and botanical subjects from the garden and local woods. Wildlife such as small British woodland animals (badgers, foxes, squirrels, mice, bats, deer, otters, wild cats, stoats, weasels - even wild boar, pine martens, beavers and, one day, lynx may return to the wilds of Britain!) and UK garden birds, butterflies and bees, along with ladybirds and dragonflies, add to the joys to be found in the garden, or just beyond, all year round. Watercolours can be used to capture the beauty in the animal or plant subject using the fluidity of the paints. Everyone's favourite! A beautiful owl resting amongst the bluebells. British Wildlife Watercolours : Watercolour Owl and Bluebell British Wildlife Watercolours : Watercolour Bird Painting of a Sparrow and Worm Watercolours can be used in a variety of wildlife paintings for different effects bas...