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Horse Chestnut leafby *pebblepixie

Traditional Art / Paintings / Still Life

©2009-2013 *pebblepixie

And another one. Started painting from life followed by lots of guesswork when the damn thing shrivelled up too quick

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~meldir Nov 9, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

this is absolutely lovely!

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~aprilvansickle Aug 17, 2009

Lovely! Is this watercolor?

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*pebblepixie Aug 18, 2009 Traditional Artist

Yes, watercolour on hot-pressed paper

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=AnnaKirsten Aug 17, 2009 General Artist

Excellent illustration and

at it having shrivelled up so quickly!!!

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*wanderinatnight Aug 16, 2009

A lovely guess.

All of your botanical paintings are nicely done.

When I collected plants for botanical mounting, I found that wrapping or laying them in damp paper towels kept them from curling up on me.

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*pebblepixie Aug 18, 2009 Traditional Artist

Thanks for the tip.

I'll try that next time.

I just kept the stalk in water for this one but it wasn't enough...

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