
After being away, I like to walk around my garden and see what plants would like me to sketch them and why. I call it my Nature Oracle because what I am drawn to sketch often has a message for me. Today, the bottle brush has caught my eye. It's an Australian Native and the parrots love it. It has a flower that looks like a red brush with little yellow tips at the end. Along the stem, little nuts grow.

As I work with this plant in my sketch book I do like the energy it's giving it out. I get a message of vitality, hope and joy - which I was not expecting. It's a very hardy plant, withstanding all kinds of weather and usually looking quite dull until it flowers. As a bush flower essence, it helps you move through major life changes so it would seem very appropriate at the moment. There's a bit of stuff going on!
Here's my original sketch.

I decided to add some coloured washes as I love the contrasting red flowers so much with their little golden tips.
My name is Margot and I love to write about energy, art and intuition. I warmly invite you to follow me. Please upvote this post and help me continue to share my work.
If you are interested, here are a few or my recent posts:
- 3 things you need to have a great day
- Enjoy Sunset on the Gold Coast
- 3 Jewel Paintings
- "Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place"
- Find the Sun - Energy Meditation & the Elements

Hello! Welcome to Steemit.
In order to prevent identity theft, identity deception of all types, and content theft we like to encourage users that have an online identity, post for a website or blog, are creators of art and celebrities of all notoriety to verify themselves. Verified users tend to receive a better reception from the community.
In order to confirm your authorship of the content, please make a mention about Steemit or add a hyperlink to Steemit on your website:
https://www.margotduncan.com/
You can remove this mention from your website, once we confirm the authorship.
Thank you.
More Info: Introducing Identity/Content Verification Reporting & Lookup
I was just about to do that, Steemcleaners. Consider it done!
Hello Margot,
Where about is this mention on the above website?
We can't seem to find it.
Thank you
https://www.margotduncan.com/art/
At the bottom of this page. I have added a link to my post about my Jewel Paintings. As I add relevant content I will ad links to my relevant blog posts here on steemit.
It's not that hard to find!

Thanks,
I can see that it has been added now.
We have verified this website as yours.
Thanks for using #artzone tag! Artzone can give just one upvote per day!