This is not a great drawing but just a sketch to familiarise myself with the jacaranda flower. I love the 'drooping trumpet' shape which opens at the end in a more conventional flower appearance. The beauty of the jacaranda tree is, not the individual blooms, but the collective colour of their presentation where flowers blend into each other to appear as one entity.
I am also working on the shoe shop painting, which is inspired by a visit in 2013 to Sachs department store in New York. ( This is where I saw a pair of ladies shoes conservatively prices at $3800 American dollars!) The shoes in my painting will be more ordinary than that and 'lined up' ready for 'try on'

and sale.