Centaurea montana -great blue-bottle
This perennial cornflower makes a bold statement in the springtime garden. Its unusual petal shapes and soft greyish-green leaves add interest to the green borders. Rich blues and purples are sprayed out from its red center, a bullseye for any bee.
Using watercolours and a variety of brushes and tools I built up energetic splashes of colour to represent the movement of the plants. I did this in two stages, allowing the first stage to dry and to mask off areas of white and lighter colours that I wanted to maintain.
'Splashes of Spring' 2017
