pinky pinks

Productive day today. Working on developing a less defined style , allowing the watercolors to take me in the direction I need to go. I am not terribly crazy about this composition. The two flower in the center are too much. I think i will try this again.

Today has to be one of my favorites. Lots of clouds and rain. A perfect day to stay inside and paint,while listening to Antony. I bought some iris at the market this week. One of the most beautiful flowers. Actually, I have never purchased them as a cut flower before and am interested to see how long they will last.
My painting is going to a place where I want to be ,that is, paintings that have some structure and a lot of color dancing around. The cad yellow was disappointing and the main iris is a bit dark. I am really more interested in the colors that dance in the back .

paint problems

Lately everything I paint just isn't what I want.Painting failures one after another. I am trying to go in a different direction and it is proving difficult. Maybe I am just not the type of painter that I am trying to be. Painting with less control actually takes more planning then painting in a more controlled fashion. So I posted a painting from a year or so ago. The subject matter seems appropriate spring.... hope.

Still life

With the all of the difficulties in our country as of late it was great to have an opportunity to get together with old friends for the girls card club. Yes there is still life.... and so I am contemplating a painting from my pictures that I took before and after our evening of fun.

Painted valentine's eve after looking through magazines. This painting is inspired by Domino my new favorite design magazine.

It could be cleaned up a bit, just a study really. I am working on loosening up painting style. Evolving?

wine and roses abstractions

I have been frustrated with my attempts to paint the wine and roses weigela bush. They are beautiful bushes with a reddish,blue green leaf. The flowers have proved to be difficult for me to draw or paint. My past post was also an attempt at painting the same flower. I chose a different color palette for this painting and while I liked the colors i had chosen the flowers were a mess. So this morning i took some water color pencils and began to play. I am thinking of splattering some cobalt turquoise to the outer sides of the painting.

The more I paint the less I know...

The more I paint the less I know.... I generally begin a painting with a simple drawing , I consider color ,composition , what I want the picture to be about and what can I learn from
the exercise. But as soon as my paint brush dips into the paint color takes over and everything
becomes less relevant.Seductive and mesmerizing color is my captor.