Trip to the Cameron Highlands

Beautiful Hibiscus blooms. 

Boh Tea Plantation

 Spa time - that's a chrysanthemum tea bath, bottom right!

Exotic Butterflies

Wild life (check out the toads centre left!)

 Strawberries and tomatoes and things just for fun!

My 'Little Letters' name pictures for children have undergone a revamp - I've created several new designs, adjusted picture sizes and added a few extra details to poplular designs! Name Pictures are the perfect gift for special little people!

 Name pictures with characters (Tiger, Princess, Girl with Butterflies, Dinosaurs and Teddy with Balloon) measure 8 x10 inches (20 x 25 cm) and fit into a standard frame.  Ideal gifts for special little people!

 

Some designs have new features - I've added  butterflies to this girlie picture.

and a pink line detail to this Princess design.

Little Tiger is now joined by a colourful parrot and smiley sun!

 

The following 4 designs are completely new and feature names with hearts, butterflies and teddy motifs.  These measure 8 x8 inches (20 x 20 cm). 

Waving bears in blue, for little boys.

 

and in pink for little girls

Waving bears are also available singly with initials (pink or blue) and measure 6 x6 inches (15 x 15 cms).

Little Letters pictures make super gifts for little people!  They can be ordered from my Etsy shop.

Grounded

Paper Butterfly Garland ©Caroline Soer 2012

This little flight of paper butterflies is temporarily grounded - a collage for Illustration Friday.

Last of the summer photos and some recycled illustrations

Pink'nfrilly

Gorgeous flowers en masse at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

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!

'Sweetpeas' watercolour ©Caroline Soer

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.

'Tango' watercolour with collage©Caroline Soer

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.

Just feast your eyes on these luscious summer berries! Click if you want more!

Cherries - watercolour ©Caroline Soer

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.

'Cherry pairs' watercolour ©Caroline Soer

Cherries from a sketchbook I used on holiday in Provence couple of years ago.

Part 2 to follow later!

Illustration Friday - Tango

Well, it's a bit of a stretch, but here's my version of Tango! I made lots of butterflies from Japanese paper for a project this weekend and these two fluttered over to my sketchbook and began a Tango around the watercolour roses!