Judith Baines

When I was out in March I was drawn to the new leaves of ground ivy. They are so surprisingly colourful and, after photographing them, I celebrated them several different media including the wax crayon and wash and water-colour that you see here. I also painted them on silk to make a scarf.

Later in the month the larch roses seemed to ask for smocking. Do go and see the big larches on the approach to the North Sannox picnic site. Some years they, too, are pink with “blossom”. In my water colour and ink drawing I show the less showy male flowers. They are like tiny shaving brushes of pollen.