White anthuriums in pastel

White antheriums in pastel

A4 size on black la carte pastel card

Another anthurium painting from photos taken at Parc Pheonix in Nice.
The unique shape of anthuriums always make them interesting to paint. I combined this with another of my favourites - painting on black. In this painting the flowers live up to their common name of 'flamingo flowers'.

Blue Delphiniums in Oil Pastel

This is the second painting for the blue flower challenge on wetcanvas.com

 Blue Delphinium

30x40cm (12"x16")

Oil pastel on black Somerset Velvet paper

Somerset velvet is a printing paper and it has a nice soft springy feel. I love using it for oil pastels and soft pastels. I also like using black as the background for florals as the black makes the colours sing, as is the case here where the blue really zings.