Roses are reds

Watercolourist Julia Loken is busy preparing for the Eynsham Winter Artweekend. At her home in Myrtle Cottage, Tanners Lane, Eynsham, where she'll be exhibiting during Artweekend, she's currently working on a sumptuous painting of red roses.

Each petal is carefully described in astonishing detail with subtle washes of many different reds, oranges and purples. She builds up the washes slowly to give a resonance and depth to the colours which seem to sing off the paper.

Julia's mastery of watercolour - one of the most difficult of mediums - is breathtaking. Make sure you see the finished painting during Artweekend!