I've gathered together the last photos from my summer holiday and made some more montages. I decided to accompany these with some sketchbook bits and pieces, some of which I've shown before, but most of which have had something new added for the occasion!
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Sorry that the quality of this image isn't very good. I wanted to include it as sweetpeas are such lovely frilly flowers! It's taken from a larger watercolour painting behind glass. I painted this many years ago - the flowers were from my Mum's garden ... I can smell that heavenly scent now! I've added a couple of lines from a poem by John Keats and a digital pastel colour detail.
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These roses from a beautiful bouquet were quickly rendered in watercolour in my sketchbook. Later, for an Illustration Friday project, I teamed them with a pair of my little folded butterflies. Today I added a coordinating border made from digital colour swatches.
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Just feast your eyes on these luscious summer berries! Click if you want more!
Cherries - watercolour ©Caroline Soer
'Cherry pairs' watercolour ©Caroline Soer
Cherries from a sketchbook I used on holiday in Provence couple of years ago.
Part 2 to follow later!
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Sometimes paintings just don't go according to plan! This illustration is something salvaged from one such occasion! I decoupaged the image of cherries onto another piece of watercolour paper and added a border digitally from colour swatches.
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Cherries from a sketchbook I used on holiday in Provence couple of years ago.
Part 2 to follow later!