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samplegirl

(13,363 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 09:48 PM Jun 2025

Tonight's Watercolor

Peonies.


Not happy with these I just couldn't get it right. Oh well~~~ take the good with the bad my dad would say!


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Tonight's Watercolor (Original Post) samplegirl Jun 2025 OP
They're beautiful! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #1
Thanks Sheltie samplegirl Jun 2025 #15
The problem is you forgot the 🐜. rsdsharp Jun 2025 #2
I got Ants this year I think samplegirl Jun 2025 #11
You are your worst critic 🤗 Deuxcents Jun 2025 #3
I suppose so samplegirl Jun 2025 #12
We sure do! SheltieLover Jun 17 #26
""" AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #4
I like! sheshe2 Jun 2025 #5
Sheshe samplegirl Jun 2025 #9
Oh! Thank you, samplegirl. sheshe2 Jun 2025 #17
Yes it is. samplegirl Jun 2025 #19
💙💙💙 sheshe2 Jun 2025 #21
Really beautiful! Complex flowers are so hard to do! 👏👏👏💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Jun 2025 #6
Some flowers I have no problem samplegirl Jun 2025 #10
💙💙💙🌹🌹🌹 LiberalLoner Jun 17 #24
They are beautiful! Diamond_Dog Jun 2025 #7
Thanks Diamond Dog samplegirl Jun 2025 #13
Heck no, your flower expertise is light years ahead of mine, samplegirl! Diamond_Dog Jun 2025 #22
Drawing them is samplegirl Jun 17 #25
Beauty is in the eye... oldsoldierfadingfast Jun 2025 #8
I hope so samplegirl Jun 2025 #14
My grandmother had peonies in her yard. My mother took shoots or however from them and 3Hotdogs Jun 2025 #16
Lovely! MN2theMax Jun 2025 #18
Awe thanks samplegirl Jun 2025 #20
I think Rebl2 Jun 2025 #23
Done with great delicacy. Lovely. yorkster Jun 17 #27
Your peonies are lovely. I can smell their sweet aroma now. Clouds Passing Jun 17 #28

rsdsharp

(11,282 posts)
2. The problem is you forgot the 🐜.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 09:56 PM
Jun 2025


It’s beautiful. I couldn’t do that in 20 years, and you do one every night!

samplegirl

(13,363 posts)
9. Sheshe
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:54 PM
Jun 2025

I heard about your random act of kindness so I'd
like to pay it forward.

I will paint you something you like.
Name it!

sheshe2

(93,661 posts)
17. Oh! Thank you, samplegirl.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:15 PM
Jun 2025

Blue Hydrangeas, I love them. 💙

This is the second year that I bought a large one for my landing! I love looking at them, they make me feel happy... and that is a hard thing to feel these day.

8. Beauty is in the eye...
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:46 PM
Jun 2025

of the beholder. You see the 'imperfections' - I see the 'perfectly beautiful'!
Thank you for all the beauty you share with us. We need it more than you can imagine.

3Hotdogs

(14,542 posts)
16. My grandmother had peonies in her yard. My mother took shoots or however from them and
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:09 PM
Jun 2025

they were in our yard. Now my daughter has offshoots, or whatever. If daughter's are part of the original plant(s), it is over 100years old.

MN2theMax

(2,074 posts)
18. Lovely!
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:37 PM
Jun 2025

Very realistic. All that’s missing is the 🐜😉
Always enjoy your work Samplegirl.

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