summertime flowers

7 July 2015

Wildflowers in Europe in summertime!

Its hard to take a walk without spending most of the time crawling on your knees and taking photos on macro setting. I find myself sketching one tiny flower while everyone else is in awe of the majestic mountains and hills around. It can be difficult to concentrate on the bigger picture with all that detail in front of you. Life's like that too I suppose :-)

Alpine meadow flowers, France
Alpine meadow flowers, France
Pen and watercolour sketch of red poppies, France
Pen and watercolour sketch of red poppies, France
White daisy
White daisy
Thistle, France
Thistle, France
Sketch in pen and ink in Moleskine pocket watercolor book of thistles, France
Sketch in pen and ink in Moleskine pocket watercolor book of thistles, France
Alpine buttercup, France
Alpine buttercup, France
Monochrome pen and watercolour sketch of old barn, France
Monochrome pen and watercolour sketch of old barn, France
Elderflower, France
Elderflower, France
Pretty blue alpine flower, France
Pretty blue alpine flower, France
Pen and watercolour sketch of beautiful French potager
Pen and watercolour sketch of beautiful French potager
Dr Seuss like flowers, alpine meadows France
Dr Seuss like flowers, alpine meadows France
Myrull, bog wool, alpine flower Norway
Myrull, bog wool, alpine flower Norway
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