You Know It's Around the Corner When...

Painted this just this morning . It was a quick one and I see lots of
'shoulda', coulda'  etc.  But the whole idea of this painting is that I know when my blogging friends up north, and across the pond,  see the crocus peeking through the snow, they know it's not far from Spring..

 

 

Memories

I'm mostly a painter of flowers and since Spring has sprung

I'm posting some of my past flowers.

If your quiet in the garden,

 you'll hear what each flower is saying.

read that somewhere.

A Redo

Yes, sometimes I look and see it differently, so I redid the Hollyhocks, I didn't like the first one at all, but as I said it was just putting brush to paper.. this one I added the top flower, did away with a lot of gobblygook  (technical term, for sure) in the background.  BJ

Hollyhocks and Healing

I did sit and paint a bit these past few days... Its the fact that I painted, not the subject or the quality of the painting. That wasn't so important right now... just that I did it.  
   I can't thank all of you enough for your  emails, comments and understanding, your words that touched my heart and  how much it has meant to me..
  Yes, Mary Louise was a cat, but she was my cat. Some may not understand how your heart can hurt from losing a little cat, but each one of you did ...  BJ  

Fuchsia for One

                                                        

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As I'm still on that hot pressed paper journey, and confess to following Julie Collins wonderful book. It's the way I learn, the only  way I learned every single thing about painting... BOOKS !
Books and practice, you can read all the books you want but if you don't put it into practice then it will stay right in the book. 
    I know an artist (online) who grows fuchsia plants, so when I saw this it was a 'must do' . . BJ

. I was not happy with the long petal on the lower right side, had to scrub it out and rework it.. Thank goodness for good w/c paper. Arches CP 140 lb.

A WIP

How many peonies and poppies can I paint? As many as I want to. I'm still working some areas that I'm unhappy with, but it's coming along. I used a 1/2" flat for the petals and Permanent Rose, cerulean blue, new gamboge, a little this and a little that.

Ronahs' Birthday Sunflower

Ronah is the photographer who posted a photo of this sunflower on Flickr. After getting her permission to paint it, I found out it was her birthday that same day, so I sent the painting on to her...

A Tribute To Georgia O'Keefe

I've always admired Georgia O'Keefe. Not only for her large flower paintings but as a woman she crossed all lines in both her art and personal life. I have a book .. Georgia O'Keefe Art and Letters. (1987) One of the letters she wrote to a dear friend said in part "I don't see why we ever think of what others think of what we do-no matter who they are-isn't it enough to just express ourselves ?" There is a film coming up this month (TV) and I'll be sure to catch it. Although I've painted and posted many a poppy, (my banner on this blog) neither of these are poppies and both were done years ago.

Watercolor / 7x10"

I've been pretty busy working on some new watercolors to put in my Etsy shop. Most will be about this size. I'll be putting a link to it as soon as its up and running.

Magnolia

The magnolias here in the Central part of Florida are really beautiful . This is almost absrtact in my rendition, and I'll be doing more in a looser style. I'm in the painting mode . Watch out art supply stores! The past week has been taken up with good friends visiting for a few days. Believe me that's a welcome event by the artist lady who lives in the woods. !