A Painted Garden

acrylic painting

  • Bouquet of happy hope

    I stopped right here for this session. It’s been a few hours since I painted these flowers. The deep magenta centers complement the blue vase. I should give the magenta centers a blue dot border. I will. Those colored line… Continue reading

  • Three dark orange flowers in a blue vase

    Three dark orange flowers in a blue vase. Doesn’t that just sound interesting? I like the flowers and I love the blue vase. One of my signature habits is adding blue to the painting. It may be on the leaves… Continue reading

  • How I paint flowers is my buisness.

    You bloom better when you mind your own business. That should be a T-shirt. It will be. I have been thinking about this. I was painting flowers as I always am. Going there to have shrimp tacos. It was a… Continue reading

  • Grow your own garden paper collage art

    Did it! I had leftover blue paint and painted the cover. I had an idea—no I didn’t have an idea. I had no idea these flowers would bloom the way they did! I’ll add this to the book file and… Continue reading

  • Bright and Colorful Flowers

    That is my dream! That is all I wish to do. I feel like this is a bright and colorful mess? I have been painting with my Basics colors and a premium white by Utrecht. The vase looked like it… Continue reading

  • A message from Sun-kissed roses

    The message is clear. Just Paint. I rediscovered how pretty my Golden Fluid Crimson Red is! These are the orange tones that remind me of the roses at UCLA! I mixed a little water and used my round brush to… Continue reading