Saturday 28 December 2019
by Wulf
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We visited RHS Rosemoor today and I enjoyed the display of oil paintings by Richard Meyer in the exhibition room. He applies his paint using a thick, impasto approach and I used my Vivitar 90mm macro lens to focus up … Continue reading
Friday 22 February 2019
by Wulf
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Visiting RHS Rosemoor today, I took the time to sketch a cherry tree: With the buzzing bees In the perfumed shelter of The spring cherry trees That isn’t the most profound haiku ever, but it follows the western syllabic schema … Continue reading
Monday 25 June 2018
by Wulf
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On a recent trip to RHS Rosemoor, I took a photo of a gorgeous white rose and, for today’s 30x30DirectWatercolour2018 painting, I tried to render it in watercolour: I’m not wild about the result although the smaller it gets, the … Continue reading
Friday 4 May 2018
by Wulf
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Visiting RHS Rosemoor yesterday, I spotted a patch of Trilliums in an area we rarely visit: It reminded me of our visit to Canada last year – Trilliums are the official flower of Ontario province, where we were staying, and … Continue reading
Saturday 10 March 2018
by Wulf
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More weather-inspired photography today, this time from a fairly damp trip to RHS Rosemoor. The sun was coming out by the time we were leaving but I wouldn’t have got this photo if we hadn’t ended up sheltering in the … Continue reading
Saturday 9 September 2017
by Wulf
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This is probably my favourite photo from yesterday’s visit to RHS Rosemoor. Intermittent heavy showers led to us sheltering in the small alpine greenhouse that we rarely visit and I took this photo of these small, delicate flowers from close-up … Continue reading
Monday 6 March 2017
by Wulf
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I think this gorgeous kale is actually called ‘Scarlet’ but it looks purple to me: I took this and a number of other pictures on a visit to RHS Rosemoor in Devon shortly after Christmas (click on the image for … Continue reading