Parrot tulips in watercolour.

Hi, It has been a very busy time. I am teaching four days a week at the moment so finding time for my own painting and embroidery has been difficult but I have finished a painting of Parrot tulips. I love these flowers, they are so bold and bright and a pleasure to paint. I used Sennelier paints and Fabriano Artistico paper. I have read a lot of blogs recently saying how the quality of this paper is not as good as it once was. Luckily the paper is an older sheet I purchased some time ago. I have just purchased some more so I hope the paper will react the way I am accustomed too. I painted the flower heads first and to keep the buds and flowers from changing too quickly I tied thin quilting thread around them. The flowers open very quickly when you bring them indoors so I also took some photographs. I then painted the stems and finished with the leaves.