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“White Wildflower Mouse” / Watercolor

I put this in my Wildlife + Nature section because the mouse and the wildflower are more realistic. This was when I was beginning to explore doing illustrations with mice in them. So I guess this is a transitional piece for me.

The flower is actually “Chickweed -wintergreen” which I photographed on a Northumberland moor in late spring. I painted this as soon as we got home from our walk. You can see it’s coming up where the dead dock leaves are and soon they will overshadow it. The young leaves had a lovely color mix of burgundy to green.