Catherine Harriyott shows how to paint beautiful Hellebore Orientallis from a photograph.

It is not always possible to paint from life as plants are not always in season when needed. So the first thing we need to do is begin a collection of images that will become our ‘go to’ library. If you have a lovely plant in flower in your garden, it is a good time to take lots of photos of it, ready to work from at a later date.

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