When your vase is filled with flowers, paint them!

Good morning friends.

In the last post I told you to look down if you needed inspiration - and today I'm saying if anyone gives you flowers - once they are in the vase - paint them!
That way, you get twice the pleasure from one bouquet.

Which is what I did when my darling OH brought me flowers.
Funnily, when he was buying them, he was asked what he'd done wrong, that he needed to buy flowers for his wife. Isn't it a shame that was someone's first thought? He was told, nothing wrong, it's because I love her and she loves flowers, so I buy her some!

In this painting, I experimented with a few different techniques.
All great fun  - and very important to experiment, I feel. It makes you grow as an artist.
I hope you enjoy looking at this painting; painted on Saunders Waterford and measuring 8x11 inches.

Gratitude

A holiday, painting inspiration and the handsome Paddy

Recently we took a little holiday.
Four days of enjoying the countryside with my two loves; hubby and Paddy.

The photos from the trip are HERE

and little Paddy looked so cute when he placed his paws on the door of our folding camper that he inspired this painting:

Paddy

On Saunders Waterford paper, 140lb rough

15" x 11"

Getting ready for Christmas ...... and the Morning Commute

Good morning my blogging friends!

Isn't the run up to Christmas hectic? I haven't painted anywhere near as much as I usually do - although that is also in part due to the fact I was catching up on all the things I hadn't done, because of writing and publishing my novel - All in the Leaves.

We put our tree, decorations and the lights on the house up, yesterday.
Now there are ordinary cards to write, presents to wrap and food shopping to be done. I have a feeling that painting will take a back seat until I break up for the holiday after this weekend.

So here, my last post of this year  - the Morning Commute
I hope you enjoy it.

Always on Duty

Hello friends!
Hubby and I have had some time off and have been doing some work in the garden.
You can see what we've been up to HERE

As well as the garden project, I've done a little painting:

this is Always on Duty as it was on my drawing board (where I sometimes paint) in the Summerhouse.
The eagle eyed amongst you will notice I was trying out a different technique to my usual.

and here's how it looks close up:

Always on Duty

click the painting to see a larger version.



Now we're back to normal, with wet weather - I'm looking forward to catching up on all your blogs.