Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - Roses Roses Roses?

Going back to some things that are 1/2 finished to get them done and move on without piling up too many 1/2 finished paintings! So the gators were revisited. I put some bold cerulean blue in it and I like it BUT it needs to be incorporated now into the rest of the painting - not just in the foreground. So will do that next and call it done. I'm not happy with the background and how dark that is - not sure what I can do to soften it right now but I'll try. I like this but maybe I like the idea of it more than the finished piece now? Hmmmm...something to think about. Not much more I can think to do with this one and I have the one on hotpress drawn out and ready to start after I finish up several rose paintings I have started and unfinished...and Deb's old Chevy car...

I am calling the Rose n Fence painting done now. I won't do more to it. The fence really isn't tilting - that's the way I took the photo. I like it and it shows you can save a really bad, boring, ugly background if you think about designing something there. Thanks to Sandy for suggesting the hint of fence there!

Next, I need to add collage work in the blue rose with the bruised middle :( but it can be done. Choosing some papers that might work there and thinking about oil pastels or my Inktense water soluble pencils to see if I could work on this one. It won't be pure watercolor with the collage so you can add anything that works at this stage - or just toss it! ha-ha Sometimes it's fun to just play but it also helps to have an idea before letting the 5-year-old take over! So will think about this one before fiddling with it. I can see some parts that are nice - now just to work around those without losing them in the process...