Sunday Painting

HI, Wow I'm tired. I've just finished the little landscape and decided to play around with this coneflower. I love negative painting. I think I like the flower best. Leftovers for supper.. Clay's been gone for awhile,so he should be close to home. My daughter,Laura, just called from Illinois and said they had to go into the basement because of a tornado watch.. That's scarey!! But she said they are fine, thank goodness. Be safe and have a relaxing Sunday night. Love to you,Diana

Sunset Watercolor

Well I finished it. Just now. I'm going to frame it for tomorrow. I've got to frame the Red Lilies too.. and that's a wooden frame. Which means nails and glue and lots of fun stuff... oh you know how I feel about framing.  Tell me what you think of this one. Be honest please. When I started it I was feeling WOW.. but then to intensify the colors I had to glaze about three times on the sky and the water each separately. I also added extra colors of red and yellow to punch it even further..Talk to you soon, Have a great weekend! Diana

Redo

I admit it. Sometimes when I'm upset I start over. I decided the little landscape was OK.. but I could do better. So I took my paper out to the back porch and sat and drew it, then wet my sky and flowed in my thalo blue. I already like it better. It was hard to go out there to paint but amazingly Rudy,our 16year old kitty, charged out of the woods and lay in the sunshine in front of the porch.It was comforting to know Daisy was just at the edge of the backyard.And a little hummer flew up too as if to say keep going you aren't alone.

The flowers are from the nursery across the road from us. They have burst into color.Hope you have a great weekend and thanks so much for being there for me. Talk soon,Diana

What a storm!

We made it thru the storm. We lost power three times. The last time it was for 30 hours so I had to throw out most of the food from the refrigerator--Daisy got upset when I did this and watched and groaned! The freezer food is fine. No one got hurt although my daughters family's home was flooded in New Jersey. They are fine but it's a real mess for them. Our son is fine,he lost power for 12 hours. Our electricity finally came back on but the pump has lost it's prime so we have to have the plumber come. Hopefully today. We're tired but thankful.

While the storm raged I painted at my art table. I worked on my ES mini Landscape of Davis Wharf Marina. This is from a photo I took many years ago. I realized why I chose a detailed painting. It focused my mind on the painting not the howling wind or crashing of trees in the forest outside. I almost got carried away with the details but hope I stopped it time. How did you spend your time in the hurricane? I hope all your family and loved ones are safe and sound. take care, Diana
ps. I forgot and left a hummingbird feeder out during the storm, one little female came and perched on the feeder and spent the afternoon waiting it out with us. She was in the porch. I moved the feeder to protect her under the roof of the porch. Tried to take a photo but it didn't work. She was adorable!

Painting by Candlelight!

HI, well Hurricane Irene is almost here. It made landfall in NC this morning and is heading our way. When we woke up,we had coffee and breakfast and then the electricity went out. No shower, no hot water,hurry drink the coffee while it's tepid... ha ha.It's 11 am. I started a small sketch. Why I chose something detailed I don't know. I had a candle on my art table and the window is there but it's darker than normal with the rain and wind coming down. The candle didn't help much. So anyway. I had just laid in the sky/background tree wash and the power came on.(This is Davis Wharf,Va. a few years ago). I ran to get my shower while we still have power. I'll go back to the painting in a minute! Living in the country we don't always get the power back soon. I'll add more trees to redefine some lines,still a lot of work to finish it.. Keep safe and good luck in the storm. Talk to you soon, Diana ps Maybe Daisy has the right idea, she hasn't moved all morning..