Thank you for all your wonderful compliments. I am so glad you like it - it gives me courage to continue. Inga, I am sorry about watermarks - I think the blooms are still very visible. It is a fact of life though. Rootygirl, it is Elie Beauvilain, a beautiful tea-noisette, which unfortunately does not have very good repeat. I apologize for missing the "s" in Pictures in the title - I am still getting used to a new keyboard:) Masha

Yep, his plant at the pic is nothing else then the 'Violacea'. The thing is that grafted side branches of it will remain flat for a while untill a leader appaer. When it's flat as a young plant, or the appaering leader will be cut off, it's the 'Violacea Prostrate'. If the leader will not be cut out and this plant will outgrow from a flat grower till a tree form, then there will a name changing from 'Violacea Prostrate' till 'Violacea'. This is realy something, don't you think? :o) It's the same way with the Cedrus deodara 'Golden Horizon': It's a grafted side branch of the Cedrus deodara 'Aurea'. When flat, it's a 'Golden Horizon'. When a leader appaer and the plant will grow into a tree form, then it's an 'Aurea' again...

The funny thing about LS SPARKLE PLENTY is that I never ordered it. It was sent to me by a seller as a gift included in my order. I wasn't impressed at first but now I am really happy I have it! chris

Thanks everyone for your nice comments. I did some of these probably a year ago. Some are still in my possession, and I give lots of stuff to my daughter and friends.And sometimes I put an ad in the paper and sell some from my front yard! Luvs-I do not use a pattern for the roses. I use an angle brush and do one stroke at a time Sometimes I go back and do highlites and shade more, especially on the leaves.Also thin the paint- I mostly just use water for acrylic paint.If it doesn't look full enough when you finish,use the tip of your brush and make little "filler petals". On my pots and wooden pieces I usually sponge the background color-blue and white or whatever color I want.Two or three-lots of different color combinations work well. I either sponge a lighter color where my design will be, or use spray paint!Makes them show up better.I hope you can make sense out of all this. I would like to say I have seen your roses and they are beautiful! It is a very great honor to have someone on this forum with all it's great painters, ask me a question!!!Have a blessed day!! Love, Shirley