MORE MUSHROOMS

 

My Belarussian friend has a knack of finding the best mushrooms thanks to her childhood spent in the forests of eastern Europe.  These boletus were found in a forest in Brittany and were delicious to eat.  I had a lot of fun scribbling with my inktense blocks, spritzing with water and then detailing with the pencils.

My Daughter's dahlias

 

I've just spent 8 days in England visiting my daughters. Justine, the eldest, is a keen gardener and grows some beautiful flowers for cutting of which these dahlias are the last remaining in her autumnal garden. She cut a few to put in my bedroom in these pretty glass bottles so that they caught the light shining through the window. We spent a happy morning together with our hobbies, me drawing while she made some of her beautiful beaded jewellery.