Polly O'Leary
Adventures in Botanical Art
Friday, 15 June 2018
2018 Lightfastness Testing #1
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In January this year I bought some Blue Wool Scale 1-8 Cards and made lightfastness charts with every watercolour paint that I have in t...
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Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Meconopsis cambrica - Welsh Poppy
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A native perennial with a taproot, even when it looks as if it’s been killed by the most severe winter, the Welsh Poppy will bounce back i...
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Friday, 13 April 2018
The problem of PY153 – New Gamboge, Indian Yellow
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PY153 New Gamboge, specifically the W&N version has been my favourite warm yellow, my ‘go to’ colour whenever I need a warm toned yell...
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Friday, 17 June 2016
Paper Matters!
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Lately, I have noticed that my favourite Watercolour paper has changed. When I can work on it, it's jolly hard work - but without the ...
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Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Echeveria cante - Step by step.
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“Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sun...
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Sunday, 24 April 2016
Dyffryn Gardens 7th May 2016
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On 7th May 2016 the Orchid Study Group will be in Dyffryn Gardens for Orchid Day - a celebration of all things Orchid - Tropical and Nativ...
Five Paintings and a Phonecall !
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2016 has been an interesting year so far. Five paintings finished and taken to London for selection for the SBA Shape Pattern, Structure ...
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