The Shining (step 4)

Here it is, Memorial Week-end, so I got to paint again right after church, That is, after I went to an art store and got some turp. it was so much easier to paint today with being able to wash my brushes. I am starting to like this one, however i want to get rid of the doily and I am sure I will see other things that I want to change. I always think the evil gremlins come in and mess up what I have done--usually I go to bed liking what I have painted and I wake in the morning and the painting looks totally horrible.  I think I just have to get away from my work before I can see my mistakes....

The Shining (step 3)

As you can see, I am not nearly done but wanted to post my progress.  Wow this is really hard because the values are very close on the white iris--of course white is always tricky. I didn't want to stop painting today but I was really tired and I also didn't have any turp to rinse my brushes--that drove me nuts. I will get some tomorrow after church. Can you see the correction in the placement? This always happens the further I get in the painting. Happy Memorial Weekend! God bless our troops and our veterans.

Shining....day 2

worked a little more today and corrected a lot of placements of the flowers and everything---I feel like the time was wasted --altho I feel like i got a good start on the windows, but the flowers have a long way to go---I wasn't going to show this but I wanted it for myself to see what it was like after I work on it --sometimes you just have to trudge ahead to see where your are--sometimes it is easier to make corrections from this point.... sigh

The Shining

First (messy) blocking--establishing placement, some value patterns and just getting my feel of which way I want to take this. I painted this from some pictures I took at a "Tea" I went to with my nieces at their church. WE all had to dress up and wear hats and gloves and we were served fancy little sandwiches and desserts --fun. They decorated with flowers from their gardens and hats--I saw this and it was in the recessed stain-glass window and the light shining in on the flowers took my breath away.
Half-way thru blocking this in, the old movie "The Shining" came on tv--soooo I had to stop painting and go in the front room to watch. That was such a good movie, and it had been so long since I watched it, I just had to see it and not just hear it. I had forgotten so much of it. I thought I got a good start with the painting anyway. So if it turns out like I intend, I will name it The Shining." If it doesn't glow like I want, I will change the name....stay tuned!