Two bottles

Yes, I'm painting bottles again :)

This one's an old olive-oil bottle that lost its pouring spout:

And this one, a fruit-drink bottle that will now be recycled as a water bottle for moi ;)

I finally dared myself to paint poppies - not just dashes of colour, but with some petal shapes and leaves (not the right leaves, alas) - but I will try them again, and try to do a better job of it.

And the tulips: they are far harder than I think they will be!!!

First tulips

Spring is in, and everywhere there are flowers. When I was in London, I was amazed at seeing tulips for the first time, and here, I try to reproduce what I saw:

A little closer, now . . . 

And, happily at home on my bookshelf :)

Note to self:

I MUST learn to use the right-size brushes. I struggled with my tulips because the brushes I'd chosen weren't the right size. I'd forgotten what Donna Dewberry always says: Use the biggest brush you can! How could I have forgotten?! Stellar advice that I won't forget again.