Lemon a day

http://www.etsy.com/shop/lemonaday.  size 6″x6″, 15cm x15cm, watercolour on heavyweight rag paper

There is something sweet and wild about this rose bud. It is as if it has unruly but beautiful hair. We bought these rosebushes very cheaply about two or three pounds each from a hedging supplier. Although they do not repeat flower in the late summer they are great value as you get thorns to repel school children who want to sit on the wall and smoke, you get scented flowers, rose hips in scarlet and a beautiful yellow autumn colour on the leaves.

I am very short of time again today.

 Alison

 #55 a painting a day by Alison Warner on her lemon a day art blog