This picture is painted in watercolour and gouache. There are many
varieties of variegated Hosta, mainly marked with different combinations of yellow
or white round the edges of the leaves. Hostas are grown for a number of
reasons, the shape of their attractive foliage and their spikes of flowers.
They
look particularly beautiful covered in raindrops. The raindrops seemed to
highlight the spiral shape of the leaves. I thought it would make a good
subject to paint.
Variegated Hostas lose
their leaves in winter. They grow particularly well in shady places under
bushes or near water. Their flowers are usually lilac, but there are white,
violet and purple varieties.
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