In your face Iris!

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Needs some work doing yet!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 03 May 16:50:39

Gorgeously done Carol and skillfully.

Posted by Willie Drea on Tue 03 May 16:53:10

They get more and more beautiful Carole

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Tue 03 May 17:59:58

Yet another beauty, this is gorgeous Carole.

Posted by Jenny Meadows on Tue 03 May 20:06:44

Great variety of colour Carole. I love iris. Grown my own from seed, this very variety.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Tue 03 May 20:22:17

Can almost smell it...

Posted by Peter Loft on Tue 03 May 20:44:26

Carole, just a small observation, unlike me I know!, one of, if not the best yet.

Posted by Malcolm Buckley on Wed 04 May 00:59:32

Very kind thank you.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 04 May 10:38:14

An absolute cracker Carole

Posted by Michael Edwards on Wed 04 May 11:54:38

This is wonderful Carole - look at those shades of colour. What do you mean by "watercolour collaged" please?

Posted by Adele Elgood on Wed 04 May 12:30:11

Thank you! Adele, someone said when I first did this Iris that it looked 'sparse' so I thought I woul try a background! I ruined the picture, so I cut the iris out and stuck it on a fresh piece of paper. Since posting this I have painted the stalk of the bud and the main flowerhead. That is as far as I can go I think, any ideas? Thanks for your interest Adele.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 04 May 16:06:34

Beautiful!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 04 May 17:28:05

Oh Wow !!!!

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Wed 04 May 18:18:57

Another beauty Carole!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Wed 04 May 21:20:46

What a superb botanical watercolour!

Posted by lynne whitfield on Thu 05 May 09:27:04

Thanks Carole. Love it just as it is - but you have cleared up a problem for me. I am painting sunflowers and it is a large painting and I wondered whether to do a background. I am a bit reluctant because I might spoil it and a lot of work is going into the flower. Didn't think about cutting it out and putting on another piece of paper if the worst happened - so thanks for that.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Thu 05 May 11:59:08

Another superlative piece, Carole - I love how you created the complex layers and folds of the petals.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Thu 05 May 16:12:33

Your welcome Adele glad to help. Thank you Gudrun, Sylvia, Satu, Seok and Lynne.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sat 07 May 14:06:23

Hang on Studio Wall

03/05/2016

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Watercolour. Collaged.

About the Artist

Carole Swingler

Self- taught artist, I have dabbled in watercolours for many years on and off. My first love is flower painting in watercolour. Now trying many different media including acrylic inks, gouache, all types of pencils to try loose-ish semi abstract images.

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