As much as I wanted to capture a few roses on our last Spring Sketchabout, it was a little bit daunting. So I settled myself in by first painting these flapjacks.

Made a few attempts at some roses, but my style is so rough, it doesn't quite capture the delicate, intricate petals of a rosebud.

Finished off the afternoon in the Oriental Garden, more just to escape the sun. Too tired to capture the entire scene, I decided to pick my two favourite sections and paint them separately.

Reminds me of Bali

This shrine reminds me so much of Bali, though I don't know the provenance of this one. It's in the Oriental Garden of course. It has such beautiful lines. They used to have small ones with shaggy roofs as lights around the pool many years ago when I first went to Bali. Happy memories!

The banksia are in the garden of Lion Gate Lodge where we attended the launch yesterday, though I found these and drew them last week.