According to the language of flowers (Hana no Kotoba), Hydrangea (or Ajisai -in Japanese-) represents heartfelt emotions and pride. However, in negative sense it could also mean frigidity and coldness *cough* It's also represents the beginning of summer and rainy season in Japan. You can spot beautiful Hydrangea bush in Japan starting from June-July.

Hydrangeas are lovely. It has pretty unique characteristics. The color depends on the chemical composition of the soil. If the soil is alkaline, it will turn pink. If it's acidic, it will turn blue!

Step by step pictures. Sorry for the different quality, it was taken by different camera :) Anyway I mainly used wet-on-wet technique on this piece. Wet-on-wet is truly difficult to control!! But I'm getting the hang of it :)