Hello Everyone, I wanted to capture Day Lilies from my garden in a painting, as they only last a day or a little after that.
The color of these lilies in our garden stopped me in my tracks, so rich in color. We are also enjoying pink and orange lilies. So much to be thankful for. What flowers are you enjoying in your garden?
Happy Creating,
Vicki
I love bluebirds. Some are so fluffy. I added a fence and tree. One day I will just paint birds with little around it, as I love painting animals and birds.
I also want to paint landscapes, glass, more flowers, more animals, etc. etc. So many beautiful things to paint. I feel so blessed to enjoy and paint just what is around me and use photos of what I capture on my past adventures, walks, and trips. Hope you too can take time to enjoy the beauty around us.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone,
I love Roses, they are all in bloom in our garden except the pink ones we have in the front garden. I also love putting cut flowers in our pretty dishes as a center piece for the table.
Such loveliness to capture in a painting. I find the more I paint, the more challenging some compositions are for me, but that’s good. That means I continue to learn. Don’t give up if you are starting to paint in Watercolor! Remember mistakes are good, that means we will all learn for the next painting, right?
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, I love this time of year and what the garden brings. Our three year old Clematis plant has finally taken off this year and growing flowers up the trellis everyday. We have three of them in our yard, I love them.
It’s wonderful to be able to capture favorite flowers in the garden as a painting. Painting sure makes the time go by very quickly and I look forward to what the next day can bring.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, It’s a wonderful time of year to get inspired to paint those beautiful flowers, or whatever else you can see and enjoy around you. I’m so happy I captured these Lilacs in a photograph as they do not last very long on the bush.
Lilac bush and Watercolor picture
Hope all is well with you all and you are enjoying your surroundings and can dive into a project. I’m finding the hours fly by when I can look forward to accomplishing something I’ve never tried before.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, It’s Spring and Cherry Blossom time in Michigan. I love Cherry and Apple trees blooming in the Spring. We always loved the Cherry Blossoms blooming out east in April on our many visits to Washington D.C.
It’s so nice remembering our trips. In the next few weeks I will plant my flower seeds. So much to look forward to. Keep looking up, better days are ahead.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone,
With warmer weather and social distancing, I am walking with Tom almost every day. I love looking at the Spring flowers and today I wanted to paint some daffodils.
Let’s Paint Daffodils in Watercolor
I also remember the Spring flowers on our many trips out east in the Spring; beautiful flowers everywhere, wonderful weather. I remember enjoying the cherry blossom trees in Washington D.C. and kite flying. Kites – that would be fun for kids to do on a windy day! Spring, I love it.
Stay well and safe.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone,
Painting food is so much fun. I’ve been eating an orange a day lately to get that Vitamin C. I thought before I ate the whole orange this would make a good painting!
This is a little more challenging painting as I wanted to get the lines of everything just right and was so pleased how it turned out, especially in the center of the orange. I was surprised at how much texture you can see using this Strathmore paper.
Hope you are doing all you can to stay well during this trying time.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone,
Thinking of our Anniversary get away to South Haven, Michigan brings much joy. A block from our Bed and Breakfast was a beautiful small beach setting.
South Haven, MI Beach
So happy I took many pictures of that time and so happy to be able to have fun remembering them. Hope you too can enjoy looking at your pictures of joyful times and can now preserve them somehow.
Thinking of you all and hope you are doing well.
Take Care, Until next time,
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone,
It’s amazing what you find when you do a little almost Spring cleaning (March 20th is the first day of Spring). Some time ago I had drawn this rose and today I want to paint it!
I love making backgrounds for my paintings. I hope you can watch this video and you too can be inspired to create something to lift your spirits.
Happy Creating,
Vicki