Large watercolour flower study. This was to influence my four main pieces (spring. summer, autumn, winter) the colours suggest summer and the flower choice also. This helped me understand the scale and the colours i was working with.

Watercolour studies of flowers. These enabled me to understand the shape and colours of the flowers.

Initial flower study working with resist. I painted this piece so I could experiment with working with resist, and understanding how I can use it effectively to enhance the detail in the flowers.

This butterfly is watercolour and biro, I created this piece because I wanted to see how the use of biro could enhance the colour and detail on the butterfly.

Butterfly and flower study taking influence from Kate Osborne.

Spring flower study in watercolour.

Using what I learnt from painting the trees, I chose to paint moon beetles. The colour was really vibrant on these beetles and I wanted to portray that in watercolour.

Studying the placement of the butterflies in the flower landscape. Watercolour on watercolour paper.

Using PVA on watercolour paper to see the different texture it made. It was shiny and reacted to the paint. It was quite a successful experiment but for what I am studying it doesn't give the right effect.

Butterflies in collage landscape. This experiment was to see whether including collage pieces in my landscape work would be effective. I think it is too block-y and doesn't portray the delicate features of the flowers.

Second tree study, more successful than the first because the control of the watercolour is less blotchy.

The top painting is watercolour on regular paper. The bottom on watercolour paper. I created these pieces to experiment with colour and textures to see how the paint sits on the surface of regular paper. I prefer the texture you get from the watercolour paper

Pen and wash butterfly. Learning about the pattern on the wings.

Initial tree study in watercolour. Working on environments for me to place insects in. This study helped me to work out the different colours I could include in the tree's. 

Pen study's of butterflies (and tulips) have helped me to understand the subject matter. The shape of the wings and the delicacy of the insect. This helped me to know how to re-create the insect in watercolour.

Water and pen iris study. I did this to help me understand the different shapes of the leaves and the petals so I could use similar shapes in my final composition.