WORKS: flowers
     
   

ISLAND FLOWERS

FROM PHILIPPINES - 1
 

from Jeju
from Philippines-2

I love to paint the underwater world and tropical and subtropical flowers. All the flowers presented on these 2 pages were painted during travelling to the Philippines. None of the flowers was broken or cut during the process of painting.
title: BIRDS OF PARADISE
materials: paper, watercolor pencils, watercolors.
size: 385 mm × 525 mm
 
 
title: CALADIUM
materials: paper, watercolor pencils, watercolors.
size: 525 mm × 385 mm
flower description: These tropical plants are native to South America and are grown for their beautiful foliage. The size of the heart-shaped leaves may vary from 6 inches to 2 feet in length. The colors vary from green and white, green and red, white with red blotches or green veins and some have lavender spots.

title: YELLOW BELL (Allamanda schottii) and IXORA
materials: paper, watercolor pencils, watercolors.
size: 385 mm × 525 mm
flower description: Yellow bell is a shrub called 'bush allamanda' and Latin Allamanda schottii. The classic color is a rich deep yellow.
Ixora is a neat and tidy plant with shining green leaves, and spectacular flowers in clusters. The colors range from yellow, pink, orange or red.
 


title: Caesalpinia (local name: CABALLERO)
materials: paper, watercolor pencils, watercolors.
size: 385 mm × 525 mm
flower description: This spiny creeping shrub comes from tropical Asia, but it is now naturalized in many tropical regions and islands, often becoming a pest. The erect yellow flowers come in axillary or end shoots racemes. Fruit is an oblong dark brown pod with a rostrum, holding marbled slightly flattened seeds.
 
     
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  © Artist: Natasha Nazarenko
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