I love the way tulips drink all their water then flop. More water makes them lift their heads again and they have these wonderfully curved stems. I thought it was time I put this image down in watercolours. But I feel massively insecure because I am confronting the urge to loosen up. And i'ts scary. Any way I began with a careful drawing. I was kind of loose in my painting but had a watertight drawing. I had a few ideas about playing with the perspective - depicting the vase and cloth from … [Read more...]