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When I took this photo of more Calibrachoa flowers the resulting image didn’t even look real to me. But I must give neon flowers their due.
acrylic on paper
I am playing with some soft print blocks and the “burst” part is an image from one of those I cut yesterday. The rest are applied with a palette knife. Then I did some background painting with transparent paint.
I am using the print blocks in a larger painting that is ongoing, but as I print sample images I thought, it’s a daily jane!
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I have planted this annual (Victoria Blue Salvia) for years and years at our old house, so I’m continuing the tradition here. For a long time I didn’t think these were going to thrive in our heavy clay here. But now they are looking much better and have adapted, apparently. Can’t wait until these buds are in full bloom and rich color!
I have been fascinated by the balloon flower this spring, as we have a few of these in our new backyard. Here are three stages of them. Love the colors and shapes…once again! Be sure to click on the images to see the larger versions.
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Although the 7-day nature photo challenge is over, I continue to take backyard flower and plant photos. This time an insect photo-bombed a coneflower. I am not really a bug-lover, but look at those antennae—they’re like antlers! Gotta love that. In my brief search I didn’t find out what type of beetle this is, but it’s very interesting!