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Roses are chameleons

Opening the rose season. In fact, in the Crimea, they have been blooming for a couple of weeks, and this unique giant rose has already been mercilessly eaten by beetles. It is more than 2 meters in height, and the trunks are like young birch trees. Rose tree. Today I cut off the last buds and they are already ugly gnawed by bronzes and "alyonkas". But this year I managed to stock up on photos and grab a little from nature. This rose is the most picturesque and interesting of all that I have seen. It’s a pity that I don’t know the name of the variety - I stole a branch on the street. But for some reason it seems to me that the variety is very old. A huge disheveled flower opens from a small angular bud - each is unique in shape and curls inside. The bud is bright orange-crimson, as it opens, it turns into a creamy coral, then into a pale pink-lilac with tightly wrapped petals in the corners. Does anyone know what variety this is?

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Irises. Again and again.

By the middle of this work, the fuse mysteriously evaporated. I tried to persuade myself to finish for several days and finished it off by force. What's happened?!? I don't know... It's more interesting to paint from nature, but it's more difficult - the flowers open before our eyes, wriggle and wither. The heat is too fast. Blooming peonies and roses did not step on the heels, which the bronze beetles unfortunately devour - and I tormented all the irises. By the end, the work was already pissing me off. Now she is carried away by a different nature, and over time, the perception has smoothed out - very much even nothing. Let it be here.

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Such different irises

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What kind of irises breeders just did not bring out !!! All sorts of colors, sizes and degrees of openwork. My assortment of these flowers in the garden is not large and simple, but my friend @natasha_volns has a neighbor who breeds them for sale. Here I marveled at the modesty of my collection. Blue ones the size of my head!!! Well, maybe a little smaller, but they are so huge that I psychologically couldn’t fit them on half a sheet - that’s all! And the aroma...

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Cones on fire

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In one breath she combined watercolor painting and strokes from pasty techniques - my love and expression! This is probably my first time when it seemed to me that I wrote a real masterpiece! I could not stop looking and stop. The next day, of course, I calmed down and even found a bunch of things that could be improved / corrected. BUT it's watercolor! It is better to write a dozen more options and then clearly understand what is better after all.

Step by step

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Yo-ho !!! My work went to the final of the “Step by step” contest from IWS Poland !!! Without nominations, but this is an indicator that I have grown to a certain level! Congratulations to the finalists !!! @IWS_Russia

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I play the waves

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I play the waves -
I play the boats.
I turn off the day,
I turn on larnps.
Revelation pain
Like foam salt.
Sending away,
Dissolving night.

Paper review preview Baonong

In the ongoing search for "perfect" paper, I bought a set of cotton and a sheet of Baohong pulp for sample. The paper came securely packed in a strong cardboard tube. If you order multiple sheets, there is no problem. But if 11, like me, then, to pull them out, we had to sweat a lot. I was pleased to write “Wild Peony” and even decided to publish a review of the paper. If you are interested, you can read the entire review in the Articles section or via a direct link: Review of the Baohong paper.

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Ashes of roses

Ashes of roses (Remember where does this name of color come from?) Watercolor on paper 18x30. Not very fast zatyukanny etude. Burrowed, hung and braked in every way. Some time ago, the topic "Let's get acquainted." So, recently one close person in a dispute overgrown into a quarrel to me, said: “I think of myself as an artist!” And I thought deeply ...