I Love Tulips (9x12)

This goes with the 1st photo above.
I made the changes that I told you I was thinking---I do like this a lot better. Yellow is a happy color, you have to be careful it doesn't get too bright. This was another fun little painting. I remember painting tulips a long time ago and I thought they were so stiff--I like these better, not so stiff! Happy week-end.
I saw some things I wanted to change after I posted here and fb (this always happens) so the lower photo shows what i fixed. I subdued the bright green on the leaf in the vase on the right, I made a more pleasing shape on the leaf on the far left --I changed the shape of the lower middle tulip-it was following the shape of the tulip above it---just little things but things that drove me crazy! I can't see them until i post!

Tulips WIP

I painted some more after I posted the last post---My brushes were dirty so after watching Big Brother, I went back in the kitchen and kept painting--this still isn't done--I may repaint the background, along with fixing several things. I really  painted a little too long--I always get sloppy when I do. thought i would post this so you can see how far i got.
 I'm back and this is the next day--I think I want to change the background --i don't like the grapes--I shall have tulips lay around --I am gonna put more graceful leaves in the vase. Lots of changes in my mind!!!

Tulips wip

I thought I would show my palette--see how messy my palette is?--I should be ashamed, but I am not! I had this entirely covered--tulips of every color in a blue container-- background was in and everything---it was hideous--I  wiped it entirely off and calmed down and drew this . I decided to do just yellow tulips--the background will be completely  changed--or this may not turn into anything. As you can see, I am doing this one different--no undercoating  --if i do decide to keep this I will prob add some grapes or lemons--we shall see, Happy Next week---aargh work tomorrow.

Summer Daisies & Peaches

I am finished now --I had to work on the peaches and did a very small amount of tweaking on the rest. This was a fun one.
 Now I am thinking of the next---hmmmm what will it be? Some more flowers, of course!!!! Happy weekend!!

Summer Daisies & Peaches

As you can see, I worked on this today. I am not quite done, just a few more things i want to change --but I am close, i may go ahead and post on fb but not sure I will. I feel like I got lots of painting done, so it was a good 3 days off!

Summer Daisies & Peaches

Everything has first coat--now tomorrow, I hope I can refine and bring the values up---I started very dark on this one--but it wiki be easier to go lighter than the opposite. I still like this one.... (hope that doesn't jinx it! lol

Summer Daisies & Peaches

the beginning:
Just the very first step --placement of shapes.  I love beginnings---how will it go? It's always a little scary but also exciting--not too many decisions have been made. I am thinking maybe  a shiny brass or a blue glass container, but that could change--we shall see. I'm thinking a med dark background. I like the composition  so far too! I'm exited. I like the orangey glow I have going.  hope it does not go down from here!!!! It's a cloudy Saturday-perfect day to paint!
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                           
                                                                           

Bush with Lilacs

Here is the never-ending painting--I wanted to try one more time since we got this Friday off for the 4th.  shall we go back in time? I painted this 1st from a photo of another lilac bush--it was white lilacs and did not turn out to my liking---then i repainted it over from a photo of My lilac bush-(in my front yard) -i liked the composition better but the painting, I felt, was to tight, soooo I painted it again very loose--i even put it on fb (both times and thought it was done--
After living with it, I realized it was too, too loose and took it off of the blog and Facebook --Here is a version that I hope is neither too tight or too loose. I want to go to a different painting, so hopefully I can leave this one alone! Happy 4th of July everyone and may God bless our country.