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Original Scottish Thistle botanical painting on paper,double mounted and framed
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I was challenged first by the idea of drawing this thistle. The drawing is everything for detailed representation of flowers prior to painting in watercolour in a semi-botanical style. Each area of a leaf or underside is carefully considered for light and shade using a range of tones building from light to dark. Painting the actual flower petals came last, and I very much savoured it!This level of detail and shading takes time, but is so fully immersive.
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This scottish spear thistle species is usually chosen to represent the flower of Scotland. According to folklore, a sleeping group of Scots soldiers were saved from being ambushed when an enemy warrior trod on this prickly plant and cried out loud, so alerting the sleepers to the attack. The saving thistle thereby became the national flower. (I've shown it here with a 6 spot burnet moth, a frequent thistle visitor)
It comes double mounted in its original frame. Outer mount colour, off white, inner mount, olive green. The frame moulding is greeny-blue with two decorative gold lines.
Measurements:
actual painting 18.5 by 26cm
Framed size is 34.5 by 41.5 cm
Designed by Lynne Henderson in Scottish Borders
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