I am busy this weekend working on a new venture. I can't wait to tell you. I am trying something new in the art world. New for me. I am excited and a little nervous!
A fresh all prima piece. Every once in a while a painting seems to paint itself. Like musical notes each brushstroke serves a purpose without getting to wordy or overworked. Wish this happened more often. :D
So good to be painting. At night I am even dreaming of mixing paint for new color combinations! The evening sun is highlighting the geraniums reminding me of the importance when painting to not "highlight" every part of the painting, it is not wallpaper I am trying to create hah!
Where I live there are miles and miles of soybean and corn fields. So when my husband and I were driving I caught a glimpse of something that took me a moment to process, Sunflowers! What?! Stop! I told my husband. Of course we had to turn around and take another look. Wow, glorious sunflowers as far as the eye could see. Of course I had to take a million pictures. I plan to go back and see how they change in the cold fall temps as they ready for harvest and of course paint, paint, paint
The back side of our mailboxes look like little birdhouses! I have walked out to these mailboxes all summer long thinking, "I really need to paint this!" I finally got to it yesterday. I think this little scene sums up our lovely warm days of summer. I can just hear the hum of bees and hummingbirds.
I worked and wiped then worked and wiped before I got to this point. Sometimes, believe it or not you have to go through a few run throughs before you come up with a fresh not overworked painting. Like little warm ups. As frustrating as this can be at times it may well be worth it to keep trudging along. As long as you clean the slate and try again rather than reworking the same area. I am stubborn like that. Sometime it works and sometimes you just have to walk away and call it a day. But it's worth a try and always educational.
Cosmos, what a cool name for a flower. They are actually in the sunflower family. (see my post from yesterday)
Having Spring fever, these were a treat to paint. Cosmos were the first flower I ever started from seed. I got them from a lovely neighbor back when I was going to college. They are so dainty looking yet very hardy. The great thing is they re-seed themselves and come back every year in abundance.
I miss having Cosmos, I will have to find a good spot for some this year.
A floral study. Poppies remind me of crepe paper. I focused on how the sun shines on the surface of the flower and through the flower. I am disappointed in my photograph of this painting for it doesn't show these subtleties.
Tomorrow, more birds :) I painted 2 more today, a robin and a tufted titmouse. I am thrilled to show them to you soon.
I was out watering my garden in the peace of early morning. Bees were buzzing in the hostas that are in full bloom by my he garden shed. I am so glad I had my cell phone. I snapped a ton of pics in hope to get at least on clear one of the bees in flight. I was so excited for my inspiration for the studio later in the day. I would like to colored this subject further.