Original botanicals

My paintings and anything else that grabs me #botanical will find my paintings (if this works the way I think it works!) victoriabraithwaite.co.uk insta @victotororex

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Current work in progress

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Wee hellebore finished recently

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Finished, signed and tweaked. Love a dancing peony 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😀😀🩷🩷🩷🩷

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Peony painting in progress, been a long time since I posted here, so hi!!!! Tumblr folks ❤️❤️🩷🩷🩷❤️❤️❤️

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trees and tower by Pierre Pellegrini https://www.artlimited.net/pierrepellegrini/art/photographie-trees-and-tower-divers-nature-vegetal-arbre-foret/en/124955

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In the middle of a private commission at the moment, so sharing an old work in progress, showing now at the SSBA annual exhibition hosted by the @thescottishartsclub. Peony, Victorian Garden Double Red. The velvet textured seed pods were a total joy to paint, and the withering petals reminded me of muscles and sinews. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQTePMOsgYG/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Sketching and colour matching this beautiful cymbidium orchid today. https://www.instagram.com/p/COvk_zXMSm4/?igshid=1u7nkw19r9dmc

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Oh my, next project is looking EXCITING https://www.instagram.com/p/COdnpMMsRmd/?igshid=ezcgccqcpbta

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I initially thought this would be a little faster than working on paper, foolish in hindsight! Such a nice change to be working on canvas though :) https://www.instagram.com/p/COKTuSgsEH_/?igshid=ygjdkgv5xjce

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There we go, all done. I thought they looked so joyful they absolutely had to be painted. Drawn during a magical residency @dumfrieshouse. #hippeastrum #amaryllis #joy #pink #winsorandnewton #stcuthbertsmill #artistsoninstagram #scottishartist #contemporarybotanicalart #contemporarybotanical #worksonpaper https://www.instagram.com/p/CNdaqGash15/?igshid=13evoq04b4zjh

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Said goodbye to my painting of hosta “Blue Angel’ this week, it’s now winging its way to Sweden, safe travels! I worked the tiny veins on this countless times, melting them a little then going in with drier paint, to attempt to recreate their depth within the leaf, backlit by winter light. In most years the hosta leaves dissolve in the Scottish rain, but a few years ago every hosta leaf dried perfectly during a rare late summer dry spell, giving me gorgeous flowing shapes to select from. #winterlight #hosta #driedleaf #botanicalart #watercolour #watercolour #gold #yellow #glow #nature #leaf #autumn #fall https://www.instagram.com/p/CM0ffROsRBX/?igshid=gb030ixj3yli

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Throwback to my wee studio in my old house, working on a big turmeric flower. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLp2GqDMG0_/?igshid=xzw8te3ynn7y

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Personal faves from this year, love to you all and have a better 2021! 💗 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJda8D-sWZj/?igshid=bnrg0jq3ncbj

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Finished off this little blackcurrant sketch from summer for the #artistsupportpledge today. Blackcurrant sketch Watercolour 5” x 7” approx £100 Please DM if interested https://www.instagram.com/p/CIY15g-Medi/?igshid=kdiippjn3yli

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Finished for the brilliant #artistsupportpledge initiative from @matthewburrowsstudio Fading hydrangea Watercolour 16 x 20 cm unframed £180 Please DM if interested For every £1000 of work I sell, I pledge to spend £200 on participating artist’s work. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIO2GlFMyN_/?igshid=buim59pofg1k

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Finished for the brilliant #artistsupportpledge initiative from @matthewburrowsstudio Fading hydrangea Watercolour 16 x 20 cm unframed £180 Please DM if interested For every £1000 of work I sell, I pledge to spend £200 on participating artist’s work. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIO2GlFMyN_/?igshid=buim59pofg1k

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Busy weekend, but back to painting today. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIObuPxMVUV/?igshid=1at7yea48w2oo