A Watercolor Bouquet

A friend gave me a bouquet of flowers & herbs from her garden.  What a gift of beauty for an artist!

The next morning at breakfast, I made a sketch of the lovely blooms with my Lamy fountain pen.

When the ink was dry, I added color with my Winsor & Newton watercolors.  

It was a delightful way to start the morning.

I invite you to make your own sketch or painting of these lovely flowers.

Happy Creating!

Pencil Sketches

Last week included travel, moving our daughter to college and moments to sit and sketch at day's end. 

I sat on the stoop of an Airbnb cottage the evening after a long day.  The shadowy woods in the dimming light of day drew me in.  

Back at home on my front porch.

Daylily painting

Day lilies

The summer rains have produced prodigious blossoms on the day lilies on my hilltop home.  Down by our little pond, a lovely clump of bright orange flowers inspired me to grab my paints, some (free) mat board and an easel, and create this painting.

I notice that the mat board absorbs more paint, but holds up well to being worked over with watercolor paints & brushes. Now I have a moment of summer captured for the howling winds of winter. That's the beauty of playing with watercolors. An afternoon of splashing paints on paper can still the sunshine and save it for a day when you need to be reminded that July will come again, and with it foliage and blooms and lazy summer afternoons. Blessed are we to have the privilege of being alive on days like these.

Painting down by the pond.