garden

  • Hyacinth

    Today I wanted to do another in my orange ink flower series so I chose hyacinths. I’m trying to use the flowers I’ve been seeing blooming around me. As I continue the series, new flowers will appear to continue to… Continue reading

  • Daffodils on a greeting card

    The daffodils are starting to bloom. I love daffodils. They are such a bright and cheerful flower. It’s hard for me not to feel the hope and optimism of the new spring season when I look at them. They also… Continue reading

  • Snowy spring day inspires me

    Today’s snowy spring day had me thinking about that line tulip bloom I photographed yesterday. Hundreds of buds and only one was brave enough to bloom into this crazy world at this crazy time. Then is had hail yesterday and… Continue reading

  • March Palette Club Meeting

    This evening was our art club’s monthly meeting, and since we didn’t have an artist arranged to give us a demonstration, I came up with a fun art activity for us to do. I brought a variety of art supplies… Continue reading

  • Abstract kind of day

    Today I was pondering what to paint and I was having trouble focusing my mind. So, I decided just to start painting and seeing what would emerge from my paper. I started with some green rectangles and the started to… Continue reading

  • Fun little landscape

    I felt inspired to paint a colorful loose landscape during this morning’s Zoom with June session. Being winter you’d think I’d be inspired to paint more wintery things, and while I’ve painted a few snowy scenes, I seem to be… Continue reading

  • Sunflowers on a sunny day

    The warm weather has moved on, but the sun created an illusion of warmth today. In honor of the sunny day I decided to paint a big ol’ sunflower today. I’ve used the photo reference a few times for digital… Continue reading

  • And tulips for today

    I don’t have a purple paint in my watercolor palette. So every time I use purple I mix it up. I use purple a lot! As I seldom clean out the wells of my palette, there was some purple left… Continue reading