The weather has changed in South Carolina this week. It’s wonderful to see rain, and I hope it will improve the fire situation in the mountains. But the rain and wind has stripped most of […]
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Pink and Brown Irises
This week my cousin Pat offered me some bearded irises from her garden for painting. The delicate ruffly pink ones contrasted beautifully with the dark reddish brown ones.
Big Bold Roses and Lilies
Continuing my experiment with acrylics and pastels, I’ve complete the painting I started two weeks ago. I alternated layers of drawing with charcoal and pastels with acrylic paints to build up the painting. Adding gesso to […]
House Paint: Yes or No?
In the on-line workshop I recently completed, the goal was to loosen up by painting with big brushes on large canvases. We used latex flat house paint samples from Lowe’s or Home Depot along […]
Bounteous Blooms
What fun! This painting is big…. 36 by 48 inches. It’s the last assignment in the on-line workshop Big Bold Blooms Wild Painting with Lynn Whipple. This was painted with 2-inch and 3-inch brushes to […]