I can feel the warmth and wonder of that day. Yes, first it was watercolor in bright and warm yellow ochre, cadmium yellow, and orange red. Or wait, I think I mixed an, let’s call it ochre orange or orange gold. Stamp it and then paint over it with watercolor? Oh my, what a painting session!

Here are my notes that I wrote for this painting, a long time ago.

This is the first texture page I painted. I painted with watercolor. The shades were variations of yellow and pink. Then I used a little Indian Yellow acrylic to stamp textures. Wait, I stamped the textures first and with a candle lid! When the paint dried, I applied watercolor. For the blooms, I added a little brown to the Indian Yellow to get a yellow ochre tone. I want to paint this on a wall.

Wow, on a day where I used up a lot of my blue and the yellow, I will soon be out of, I’m glad I found this beautiful painting. Imagine doing your dishes, and this gorgeous color is on your kitchen towel. Or this print in a brown frame? Maybe it’s been a long day? Maybe you wanted to paint with the most amazing blues, but that didn’t happen. You spent hours and painting trying to make it work. It didn’t. It’s trash. Oh but then you realize I got all that practice mixing blues. I know what I want. I know what works! Let’s do this! And just like that, my mind shifted when I saw this painting.

Thank you for being here. I am working on a brighter, slower, beautiful website, blog, and life.

Is this your walk in the garden?