Spring Has Sprung

"Spring Has Sprung"
5 X 7
Oil on Hardboard
SOLD!!

Spring has definitely sprung here in Central Illinois.  I don't know if these flowers are daffodils or something else, but they are some of the first to poke their heads up in spring.

I find painting white things a real challenge.  I had to completely scrape this painting down and start over.  Good thing I had inked over the drawing with permanent ink.  Made the new start a lot easier.  I just read a quote by Pat Walker in the fall issue of  "The American Artist" which I am reading on-line.  "Darks are what hold a painting together".  I think that is so true!  When I start a painting by putting in the darkest darks first it just has a settling feeling and I know I am off on the right track.  Maybe that is why painting very light things is such a challenge.

Here is how it might look framed.

Greeting Card

I did a major boo-boo this week.  I have been trying to build up a following of happy collectors of my art using eBay and have worked extremely hard to wrap and ship paintings in a timely manner.  Well, I added a painting from my computer inventory at the last minute and then when it sold, I could not find the painting anywhere.  Arggghhhh!  So I had to humbly write the buyer and explain why I had to issue a refund.  So frustrating!  She seemed to be understanding.  Anyway she is bidding on two more of my paintings and said she wanted that other painting because it was a pear.  So if she wins the bid (or regardless) I will tuck in a greeting card I made using watercolors as a concession.

I made the card after reading a blog by Jane LaFazio and ordering her one hour tutorial on watercolors.  It was a fun exercise to make the card and refreshing to take a step back from oil painting.  I think oils will always be my first choice of medium but it is nice to dabble.  I found out there is a whole 'nuther blog world out there for sketching and watercolors.  Never ending art.  I love it!


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