Autumn roses

Watercolour in Moleskine 200gsm Watercolour sketch-book

 

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses!
- Ziggy

I have a couple of those very realistic-looking silk roses which I bring out of storage from time-to-time, especially if flowers are in short supply in the garden during winter months (I know, Winter is not an excuse to not have any flowers in the garden, but this year I’ve left planting a bit late, might still get in some pansies, though!) – and they served as subject matter for a quick watercolour with no sketching before-hand.

Vintage Coffee Roses

Coffee and watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm watercolour paper  

Painted with Coffee (Nescafé instant, very strong) and a bit of Cadmium Red – the rose on the left is from my garden and the one on the right is done from an inverted image of a friend's rose on FaceBook.