Garden Chores

 End of the Season


Now the bulbs are all in the ground.
The only garden chores left are covering the roses and bagging the most leaves that I can.
This gives me more time to sort through all the photos I've taken since early spring.

My yearly visits to the Ottawa Experimental Farm begins when the magnolias are blooming.
This year, I remembered to photograph the name plates.
I did plant a magnolia in my own garden a few years ago.
It died after the first winter.

This year I am testing the hardiness of Blue Moon, a wisteria macrostachya.

Dahlia Brushwork

Water Lily Dahlia

Firepot is now finish.
The brushwork was done in Corel Painter.
The fireblend shade is unchanged.

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Work in Progress

Firepot

I still have lots to do in the garden.
This leaves me with less time for brushwork.

Firepot was a surprise find this year.
This waterlily dahlia got mixed with a decorative variety.
At the moment, I am working on the negative space.
I do this part in Photoshop.

When the underpainting is ready, I switch to Corel Painter.

Garden Journal

Link change

The link update is now complete.
I will now be able to start adding new pages again.
All updates to ArtistGarden.net will be posted in the Garden Journal, on StumbeUpon and Twitter

Garden Journal

Moved

The Garden Journal is now on ArtistGarden.net
Links to the Journal are still being updated.