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W&N Watercolour on Fabriano 5, lifesize

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Emily McKenzie' - Montbretia
Geranium procurrens
Convallaria majalis (wilted stem with berry) - Lily of the valley

W&N Watercolour on Fabriano 5,
29 x 41 cm

For assignment 11 we had to design a greetings card, with help/working from photographs.
I see my design to be suitable for Birthdays, Anniversaries or as a generic card. It could be used as a square format card or framed within a rectangular format, see photo in 'comments' below.

Plants: Primula veris - Cowslip / Gentiana 'variety unknown' - Gentian / Leontopodium alpinum - Edelweiss
Butterfly: Plebejus argus - Silver-studded Blue (thank you to YannickC for allowing me to use his photo!
Photo of alpine scene: view of Piz Dora and Piz Daint seen from Ofenpass Val Müstair, Switzerland

W&N Watercolour and graphite/watercolour wash for the background
on Fabriano 5, 29 x 29 cm

Partly out of focus flower centre, love the blue of these beautiful plants!

Basking in the afternoon sun on the oak bench yesterday. He was really watching what I was doing, let me take a couple of pics and 'whoops' off he was... Is this a common lizard - zootoca vivipara?