Bamboo was the first entry in my Gardens Sketchabout book - early on I was a bit hesitant to add watercolour in case I ruined a drawing I was basically happy with!
Having cut out the shape to draw the statue I decided I should keep the photo - to give a 'shadow' effect ?
This is possibly the one 'painting' I am most proud of - but if I tried again I probably couldn't replicate those (watercolour) leaves again ! This page, not being proper watercolour paper, buckles slightly - fellow sketchers should perhaps not follow my lead next year in binding a book with different weight papers
