BLUE

 

An iris in pale blue.

BROOD - X

 

Well, I had to try since I had some photos of the little pests.  How can something so small be so LOUD???

MUSHROOMS, ANYONE?

 A break from the iris - painted earlier from a photo of a few little mushrooms at the base of a tree.  

MAYBE VIOLET IS NOT MY COLOR?

 

Well, shoot!

This one is so flat.  I did try darkening areas and lifting areas but it just didn’t seem to make much difference.  Maybe it’s the colors used?  No, I think I’m missing something here in trying to paint irises - you want the curvy shapes and it should look more delicate than this…

Okay, one more try and then I’ll give up for a while and let this subject rest until I can work it out.  

WELL, THEY CAN’T ALL BE WINNERS

 

This is one of those paintings that looks so much better in the photo than in real life.  Although I could play with it more and darken or lift some colors, I think I’ll just move on to something else and try out those purple/violet pigments again on another iris painting.

PURPLE

 The next thing I’ll paint is going to be….

Purple!

But I won’t use every one of these violets I have…have picked out 3-4 to use and see how it turns out.

Stay tuned…

PINK PEONY X TWO

 

Finished the first peony painting by just slightly darkening areas here and there - not too much and I may be able to see it more than you see it from the previous version.

Also, painted a second pink peony just because they are so pretty.  This one has a much darker background to set it off.  

PINK PEONY - SECOND LAYER

 

A little bit more done.  I think it’s almost finished but some tweaking to do.

PINK PEONY

 Started this painting of a pink peony.  More to do to darken and shape the petals.