I really cut loose with this one, they are very fanciful poppies! I had fun doing this one, and going back and adding a deeper background, with the suggestion of more poppy buds and pods, then multicolored splatters all over. This one just made me happy!
I started this one after i took the cold medicine! It was supposed to be loose, alas, it went toward the tight side. Maybe next time...
Nearing the finish line on this one, and it's the only thing I worked on this evening. Trying to finish before the WSA show deadline!
Found some 5" x7" paper already cut and taped down, so I attempted this very frilly camellia that I photographed today. The painting just comes nowhere close to the intensity of the deep watermelon pink-red!
It's not quite finished yet - but it's the only thing I worked on today, so it is today's entry. It still has a way to go, but not tonight. I like it better now than I did when I first started, but still doesn't feel as fresh as I wish it did. Maybe I will experiment with it again after I finish this version!
For the last painting of the challenge, I chose another camellia, this time white with a faint pink edge. I kept this one a little on the subtle side. I did it! I painted 30 paintings in 30 days! I think it's time for a little rest, but I'll be back!
You knew I couldn't wait to punch up some color - this time with a pale lavender flower that comes early in the spring. When these trees bloom, the whole tree is covered in these pale pinky-purpley flowers, and no leaves. Then the petals fall as the pale green leaves emerge.
This is the one-hour version of a flower I did earlier this summer while the bush was in full-bloom. The plant is also called Rose-of-Sharon, but it's not a rose - it's in the Hibiscus family! I really liked the drama of this particular flower, as it was being back-lit by the morning sun.
White flowers are such a challenge! How to give them a subtle personality along with shadows and light, without overdoing it? This Cosmos was stark white, but I went back with a faint pink wash to some parts, but I don't think I got the shadow quite right. I may go back and fiddle with it again...
I really love this flower! This one is special because my husband took the photo when we visited Spruce Pine, NC a few years ago. He spotted it near the parking lot of a tourist attraction and was able to get a few pictures of a clump of about six flowers - he said they were too out in the open to have occurred naturally! It is difficult to capture the delicate nature of the lady slipper, I think I went a little too purple and dramatic, but that's one more done!
Surprise! Another hibiscus! I'm at a workshop far from home so I scheduled this one for today. I actually painted it the day before the challenge started as a warm-up. I love the soft diffuse colors of this one! 