Happy Spring! Splashy Spring Daffodil Studies in Watercolour

Happy spring! Here are some recent daffodil flower studies. These were done for me personally as a bit of practice, and an experiment with more splashes, as if pollen and the sheer energy and life of spring is bursting out of them. Which do you prefer, with or without the extra splashes?

Artwork © Amy Holliday 2025
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Wild Fungi Series | Personal Project Mushroom Studies in Watercolour | Scientific Botanical Style Illustrations

Some recent completed wild fungi illustrations - a personal project I've been working on in my spare time. Fungi are fascinating! More 'shroom species have since been in the works.

Artwork © Amy Holliday 2023/2024
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Personal: Manuka Flower and Honey Bee

Personal Work. A slightly more botanical/scientific illustration of Manuka Flowers and a honey bee. 

Manuka flowers are native to New Zealand and Australia. Their honey, with its "Active UMF Factor", is considered to have antiviral and antibacterial properties. "Most people who buy Manuka honey simply put it on their toast or in their tea, but where it really comes into its own is in treating wounds. In New Zealand, it has long been used in this way and studied extensively. Now, the NHS is doing the same." 

The honey bee proved quite difficult at first as it took many sketches to get the right proportions...and then when it came to adding colour, I had to first experiment with quite a few different techniques 

in the hope of capturing all of his different textures!

Images are (C) Amy Holliday 2013. Do not use without permission.