Persimmons and Froggie in watercolor.

HI, Here are 2 Persimmon watercolors. The top one I did last year and the bottom I did last month,when I was looking for persimmons in the yard. I used Opera, my new pink.. very jazzy as my grandmother would say!, and Cad. Yellow Medium for the little tops I used Daniel Smiths' Lunar Black and Da Vinci Sepia. Lunar Black is granulated and so much fun..

The weather here has turned cold,we may actually have snow furries. I hope so. Sadie has never seen snow!! She's been very energetic today,and I've wanted to stay inside where it's warm. Stay warm tonight.

 love to you,Diana

 ps. It's my sister's birthday so I'll call her and sing Happy Birthday to her. My singing has only been loved or liked by one living creature. that was Dusty, Gran's dog! She liked anything!!!

Frogs and Roses

Hi! I worked on my frog watercolor yesterday afternoon and just finished it a few moments ago. I decided to go over the leaf on the right. I loved the colors but thought it was distracting. I'd just read a blog about simplifying and this is how I applied it.

 I'm teaching a class on roses on Saturday at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens.  Their roses are magnificent. Here's the entry to their rose garden.. Yes, I'll take photos Saturday. My thoughts for class is everyone do a large rose and if we have time do a pour with some long stem buds. (I may reverse that).Here is "Rose"my watercolor. I went to the florist and went thru every rose they had. Yes.. it took me an hour. I found two roses I considered perfect, or close enough, and bought just those two. Ha Ha.. They had even let me go thru their cooler in the back room to choose the roses.. The Right Touch in Nassawadox,Va. Well I came home and painted "Rose". What we do for our art!!! ha ha.

 I'm sorry to say we ate the eggplant before I painted them. Ratatouille. It was delicious..I ate it all, no hubby doesn't like it.. but I did take photos of the eggplant.

On to the next painting,first I have to clean up the leaves,vines, and wild persimmons from the art table.The puppies haven't been born yet and I've held myself back from calling.. to see how the mother is doing.. I'll let you know when I do and if I can I'll get some photos of the baby asap. talk to you soon, Diana

Tree Frog and Wild Persimmons

HI! I picked these beauties yesterday from the tree over my clothesline in the backyard. I'm pretty sure they are wild persimmons. Each year they are so lush looking. I paint them but don't eat them. A friend told me they are very tart. I've added a tree frog to the branch and I plan to paint negatively and darkly for the background. Love the peachy colors!  I drove down to Cape Charles to the Stage Door Gallery this morning.It's exchange your paintings day and was tickled to find I'd sold 2 little paintings. One of an Angry Rooster! :) I'm sipping hot coffee and it's cool today. Happy Monday! Talk to you soon,Diana

 ps Tell me what you are doing today!

Persimmons,Pears, and Pumpkins

HI, I've been working on this tiny painting of persimmons, pears and pumpkins. I love the rich fall colors. We have a persimmons tree in the backyard, pears we pick at the Hacksneck blueberry farm and the little pumpkin is from my mother's vegetable garden. Daisy and Dusty joined me on our little front porch, as I finished this in the warm sunshine. The chickadees and titmouse were talking to us from the oak 10 feet away.. Wishing you a lovely almost fall day. Diana