27 Mar All for me?
Definitely on a bit of a flower kick. That time of year....
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24 Mar Blue
This was inspired by a bunch of cornflowers that my mom brought me a few years ago. They were such an intense blue it felt like my eyes were seeing them wrong. I toned them down a little bit for the painting because I think they would have looked...
20 Mar Rough stuff
It must be because it's spring. My head is bursting with colours and ideas. That's often the case. It's so distracting! But usually I walk around with those colours and ideas circling in my head and waiting their chance to get out. Add spring into the mix...
17 Mar Painting day
Yay! A day to paint!And with spring (perhaps even summer, if I wish real hard?) showing itself I'm taking a swing into flowers. These are chives.This is an echinacea flower that I painted huge before, but this time it's much smaller.I really enjoyed playing with...
10 Mar Little painting
The other morning I sat down at my desk in a big funk, an off start to the day, my head running in circles, a bunch of things needing doing, and a jumble of ideas over what to do first. I pulled out my little...
06 Mar Wailea water
Missing this water. I'll stick in the photo of the real thing at the end so you can see I'm not making that colour up.This isn't finished (as is my norm) but I made a few hours on the weekend and I'm hungry to get...
03 Feb On the go
Still in progress. Having fun trying to figure out reflections and textures. Dreaming of bright colours and tropical fruit. Curse you, February....
18 Jan Scouty and her handler
Way too long since I picked up a brush so I did today. Still in the early stages, avoiding those hands -- I find hands so hard!!-- but it's coming I think. I think it actually looks quite a lot like Scouty's handler.So nice to...
09 Jan Painting on the break
So I did manage to do some painting over the holidays, but it's mostly been a time of trying new things and hoping that although it might be not quite right right now -- chuckle -- it might lead to good things in the future! Right?And of course, being...
14 Dec Morning reminder
I've tried staying up late at night painting and when it's right it's RIGHT. Peaceful and rewarding and just a little rebellious. (Not a big rebel here.)The other morning I tried early morning painting. And it was ...