I'm trying to keep you busy... I listed a new PDF tutorial in my Etsy shop, part of the Colours of Nature PDF collection. This is tutorial number 4, TUT04. (click here to get there) There will be a speeded up video to go with the tutorial on my YouTube channel, which will take a… Continue reading New PDF tutorial – Purple tulip
Author: sandrinemaugy
Patreon official launch
Hello everyone, I hope you are all keeping well... This is a post about 2 projects coming together... For a while I have been thinking about releasing tutorials as downloadable PDFs, which I started with a couple I sell in my Etsy shop, the Holly and the sunflower. The idea is that I release one… Continue reading Patreon official launch
Anatomy of a tulip – Video
Here is the first video in my 2020 tulip phase. I go through one of these every year. Unfortunately this year my tulip craving will be hard to feed. The much anticipated crops of 'Black Parrot', 'Burgundy' and 'Apricot Beauty' I planted in my garden were all eaten by something unknown and mysterious, while West… Continue reading Anatomy of a tulip – Video
True colours – The side effects of the virus
In unexpected and distressing situations like the one hitting our world right now, the best and the worst in people rise to the surface. All day long we hear stories of the man who stole the last bag of pasta from an old lady's trolley while musicians play in the streets for lonely people who… Continue reading True colours – The side effects of the virus
Plant of the month: Winter Honeysuckle – February 2020
Order: Dipsacales Family: Caprifoliaceae Genus: Lonicera Species: L. fragrantissima Type: Deciduous shrub Propagation: Seed, greenwood cuttings in summer or hardwood cuttings in autumn Native to: China This plant of the month is not particularly spectacular, nor is it colourful or unusual. But as I lay convalescing from surgery on my feet (both at the same time, that's pretty… Continue reading Plant of the month: Winter Honeysuckle – February 2020