Secret Garden

I was on holiday in Sydney Australia when I discovered a beautiful garden planted on the edge of the harbour.

‘ Hot House ‘. watercolour painting by Rosie Kerr

Lush tropical leaves

Pansies 1 By Rosie Kerr ‘19

Rural Scene Barraba NSW

Watercolour painting . Australian countryside by Rosie Kerr 2017

Happy New Year to you all

A small Happy New Year bouquet watercolour painting.

Merry Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you had a wonderful time with good things to eat and good company.

Leaf Collages

Collages of watercolour and Japanese paper.

Valentines Day Card by Rosie Kerr Byron Bay

Valentines Day Card watercolour and Japanese Paper

Vineyard. Watercolour painting by Rosie Kerr

A small family winery. 

Black Eyed Susan Vine.

Watercolour painting of a black eyed Susan vine (Thunbergia) by Rosie Kerr. After a weekend of flooding rain, the sun came out. This inspired me to paint these beautiul flowers. They seem to be popular in very old domestic gardens. My great aunt had one that completely covered their backyard shed.

House in a Country Town

I am on a month’s camping trip around rural NSW Australia. I have one paint brush and a tube of French ultramarine watercolour.

House in a Country Town

Country Road#1 watercolour painting

Bamboo Watercolour Painting

Every morning I take a walk around my district and check out the local gardens. We live in an area where bamboo grows to enormous heights. I found a small frond poking through a fence so decided to make it the subject of a painting.

 

 

Vase of Art Nouveau Roses

A friend bought me a bunch of roses from the Byron Bay Farmers’ market

In the Garden 4

I’ve been experimenting with negative space painting. This is my final In the Garden painting.

Passionfruit Leaves. Watercolour and Gold Leaf

My neighbour’s passionfruit vine tumbles over our fence. Today I decided to paint the leaves of this pretty plant.

Watercolour Painting of Leaves

Walking Home 2

Found this leaf on my way home.

“Walking Home” watercolour painting

I found this creeper meandering up a wall as I was walking home from town.

Summer Tree 3 watercolour

In the Garden.

In the Garden is a watercolour painting with the subject of a small branch I found as I was weeding the garden . I was ready to throw it onto the compost heap but then noticed how pretty the leaves were and decided to paint it instead.

 

Summer Tree 1 and 2 watercolour painting

It is nearing the end of summer here. I have recently noticed some trees are changing from green to touches of yellow as Autumn approaches.

Summer Holiday Town. Watercolour painting.

Summer Holiday Town. Continuing my summer theme. This isolated coastal town offers a break from busy routines.

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Apples. Watercolour Painting by Rosie Kerr

 

I saw and old apple tree in a workshop yard in Tasmania and had to paint it. I have to admit that I have eaten a few apples from this tree.

Photo of which this painting was the subject

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Spiral Gift Tag

Watercolour gift tag  

 

Holiday Town watercolour painting

There is nothing better than crossing the bridge to a quiet little coastal holiday town with an enticing row of beach shacks. You can smell the fish and chips and feel the sand between your toes.

This painting continues my summer holiday theme.

Summer Sailing watercolour painting

We are having such beautiful summer weather, I thought I would paint something with the feel of a carefree summer holiday.

Valentine’s Day Cards

Valentine #3

Valentine #4

Valentine #2

Valentine #1

Valentine #4

 

 

Lemons watercolour painting by Rosie Kerr

Lemons watercolour painting

Subject for Lemons painting

Corella Pear watercolour painting by Rosie Kerr

Corella Pear original watercolour painting by Rosie Kerr

Corella pear used as subject for painting

Watercolour Painting – Cross Section of a Corella Pear.

Watercolour painting of cross section of a corella pear.

I cut a pear in half and left it  in the open air for a few days to develop beautiful tones and details, then painted it. This is the original subject of the painting.

‘Cafe Flowers’ from Photo to Watercolour Painting

I recently had coffee in a local cafe and loved the little vase of fresh flowers on my table. I photographed the arrangement and then used the subject for a watercolour painting.

‘Cafe Flowers’ watercolour painting.

“Cafe Flowers” photograph