This painting will always remind me of my wonderful trip to The Orchideeën Hoeve (www.orchideeenhoeve.com), a tropical garden center in Luttelgeest, Holland, in July 2011. It was there where I took my reference photos of Chinese lantern plants (Physalis alkekengi) I used for this painting. This painting is in watercolor and the size is 27x35 cm or about 10.6x13.8 inches.
I wanted to post something today so I decided to show here this chinese lantern which I am still working on. I don't know yet what colors I will use for the background. And I also think the leaves need to be darkened a little more. This is in acrylic on a canson acrylic paper. I want to know more about working with acrylic that is why now and then I try to use it.
