I've got so many flowers I ought to be a florist

Some more quick loose flowers.  Still trying to get coneflowers right (don't ask me why).  And working on roses.  I like the way my roses turn out.  From a distance they look really good, and as I keep at this method, they should continue to get better.   The coneflower is interesting.  I keep adding layers, and it keeps looking better.  I start with the outside petals, and then the inside and finally the ones in the back.  seems like it works, but I still have a little way to to to get it right (whatever that is).

At any rate, I'm having fun painting the flowers.  Hope yo enjoy looking at them.

A rose by any other name

Having gone through a poppy phase over the last two weeks, I might be going into a rose phase.  Here are a few I sketched out.  Some good, some bad.  Hope you like them.

Roses Redux

Ok, so here is my first finished work of roses.  I kinda like the way it came out.  I've pasted it on my office wall and already gotten several compliments.  

So I obviously  have a little work to do on my petals.  I think on some they should be closer together, and then outer layer should be pretty wide.  Since I'm still trying to figure it out, I'm not gonna be very hard on myself for an mistakes.

And I suppose you are wondering why a drip is going horizontally.  I'll explain that:  I just thought it would be fun.  That's all, no good reason.

I'm still considering not leaving the highlights on the inside of the flower, and moving some to the outside petals.  Actually, I'm not sure how much it matters.  Your eye ends up seeing the way it wants anyway, but I'll probably  try it just to see.

I definitely think that after a few more attempts I'll get roses down.  Errr, well, thats the hope anyway.


Hope you all enjoyed these.  Thanks for the view and for taking the time to read this blog.

Roses are Red

Having mastered (LOL) poppies, I am moving along to roses.  I'm still working hard to keep my style loose.  I don't want to feel like I have to paint between some lines, and I don't wanna be constrained by any.  I'm totally happy to let the paint go and do its thing and try to keep my mitts off.  

These are just some preliminary sketches.  Trying to get the handle on the feel of roses.  I think I'm off to a good start.  More to follow.

Weekend Painting with a 5 Year Old

Painting with my daughter this weekend.  For Christmas, I had gotten her some glittery watercolors.  She loves them.  I've never used them until this weekend.  The actually are watercolors, and as they dry, the glitter in them starts to shine.  We spent some time painting flowers for Mom on Saturday morning.  Olivia wasn't sure she could paint the flowers, so I quickly painted some for her.  

These are the roses I painted for myself.  Between hers and mind, I probably spent all of 3 minutes painting these, but they do still look cute.

I also painted part of King Tuts mask.   Painting with Olivia usually only lasts about 1/2 hour, and mostly I spend all my time running and getting her fresh water, new brushes, extra towels, etc...  

As always her paintings are better than mine, but we always have a great time.  Enjoy.