Blush Pink Mugs

An artwork created from a floral mandala hand drawn with graphite pencil. Colors are light grey, turquoise / aqua & white.

A pattern created from hand drawn, pencil sketched giraffes.

These little pansies are so delicate and pretty, and hard to photograph! (Well, I struggle, anyway.) To capture their velvety fragility in two dimensions is really hard. But they are just so pretty, and I'm glad I tried, because once they're gone I'll still have this. : ) Camera Model Canon EOS 600D Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125 Av( Aperture Value ) 2.8 ISO Speed 200 Lens EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Edited in Photoshop CS5 using my own textures.

Playing with colors and textures. : )

A geometric Moroccan tile collage pattern, with watercolor and wooden textures, faux gold outlines and shades of emerald teal, coral, peach, cream, black, grey and brown. Please note that the gold is just a color variation and not actual foil!

A pattern created from hand painted watercolor elements.

A simple, smudgy soft oil pastel floral pattern in shades of blue, purple, pink and grey.

There is something about suzani that just makes me happy, which is why I had to try my hand at making my own. ☺

Simple silver dollar leaves hand drawn with colored pencil crayons on a plain navy blue background. Olive green with coral red stems.

A simple, smudgy soft oil pastel floral pattern in shades of blue, purple, pink and grey.

A little hand drawn bunny character, with love.

Decorative, detailed, doodled swans & leaves in inky monochrome black and white with geometric shapes & curves.

Hand drawn sketches of little birds in flight with leaves and flowers in the background. Soft textured shades of warm tan & grey with black & white.

Little elephants laughing so hard their stomachs hurt... Hand drawn with pencil and painted with watercolors.

Cute little baby Easter bunnies with floppy pink ears and colorful pastel Easter eggs, painted with watercolor, on a plain white background.

Happy, hippy floral sea turtles in shades of coral, teal, mint, cream, yellow, red, pink, green & mustard on a clean, pale cream background.

Happy, hippy floral sea turtles in shades of coral, teal, mint, cream, yellow, red, pink, green & mustard on a dark teal blue / sea green background.

A collage of hand drawn and painted flamingos on a charcoal ink background.

An unlikely garden filled with improbable plants - plumeria, magnolia, lotus flowers & lots of tropical & other leaves. Oh, & with dinosaurs, too. : )

Cute, happy little saffron & terracotta sloths just chilling & hanging around surrounded by sweet flowers & leaves, on a deep teal green background.

A detailed mandala doodle pattern full of natural botanical elements - leaves, flowers, ferns and vines. This is the third version, in deep teal blue, mint green, aqua, black and white.

There is something about suzani that just makes me happy, which is why I had to try my hand at making my own. ☺

Simple silver dollar leaves hand drawn with colored pencil crayons on a clean white background. Olive green with coral red stems.

Vivid, doodled mandalas in shades of cyan, aqua, turquoise, purple, navy, indigo and pink, with a soft, painted texture.

A bright, painted, bohemian style pattern with leaves, nature & geometric elements in mustard, white, cream, aqua, turquoise, aqua, peach & black.

This is my 9th work in my 52 week photo challenge. I feel like I am running out of ideas (already!! on week 9!) and that this is going to get a lot more random in the future. : ) Camera Model Canon EOS 600D Shooting Mode Manual Exposure Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125 Av( Aperture Value ) 3.2 ISO Speed 100 Lens EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

When life gives you lemons...

When life gives you lemons...

A decorative bird and plant doodle illustration / pattern.

Soft and pink and sweet as candy - a lace inspired, decorative doodle in blush and white.

You may not think so to look at my work, but I'm quite a perfectionist and will debate with myself for ages before uploading new work, as to whether it's good enough or not... most times I decide it's not. My poor computer is groaning under the weight of files that were ALMOST good enough, but didn't quite satisfy my strict requirements... lol. (Wish I was as merciless when it comes to actually deleting them forever!)

A simple, bright, folk art inspired floral ogee pattern in red, orange, teal, aqua, blue, navy and white on grey. Painty and textured.

Inspired by folk art and embroidery, a bright, colorful floral pattern in navy blue, emerald green, mint, indigo, red, coral, cream and peach on off white.

Breaking the rules, because the center is all blur and the only focus is at the edges... but I like it, anyway. I love the big blurry circle that is the backside of the central daisy. : )

A few days ago, we had a black frost come through our garden and my beautiful, enormous bougainvillea plants were frozen from the ground to the sky; the next day all the leaves were shriveled up and dead... But this afternoon I was outside and saw the way the sun was catching the blossoms - they're all crisp and fragile, the frost must have got them, too - but somehow they are so lovely still. Camera Model Canon EOS 500D

I love proteas, they are such wonderfully sculptural flowers. Plus, they're South African. So maybe I'm biased ...