Nature
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Watercolor butterflies, birds and flowers.
- 1. Barn Owl
2. Swallowtail
3. Monarch
4. Blue Tit
5. Nuthatch
6. Wren
7. Raven
8. Purple Emperor
9. Peacock Butterfly
10. Comma
11. Peacock Butterfly
12 Painted Lady
13. Red Admiral
14. Camberwell Beauty
15. Fuchsia
16. Pheasant in field
17. Purple Emperor
18. Kingfishers in woods
The delicate colours and tones of the butterflies and the flowers are a challenging subject, best suited to watercolours on paper. I paint the butterflies in their natural habitat and on their caterpillar food plants, keeping the scale at life-size. The favourite habitats of stinging nettles, thistles and brambles have faced devastating attacks from intensive agricultural methods and pollution, but it is hoped that organic farming and even global warming will allow butterflies to flourish again. Buddleia and Sedum in the garden are also natural habitats for several species of butterfly. It is good to see that some garden centres are encouraging people to plant more of these in their gardens.
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