Saturday, March 09, 2024

Friday still life

                                8x8
Painted these without drawing first, which I think sometimes helps me paint more freely.
Below, one I drew first. The white hellebore was a challenge and it in no way conveys the elegant beauty of a hellebore.
I never had a hellebore in my yard before but now I have this one, given to me by friends who now winter in FL and so aren't home when it blooms.

2 comments:

RH Carpenter said...

Nice work on the daffodils and the hellebore (they come in a lot of colors in the community garden we have here but all are muted colors). I even like the vase the flowers are in. I have problems with yellows and getting shadows and darks without getting muddy colors.

laura said...

Thanks, Rhonda. Yes, shadows on yellow are a problem. I can never figure them out or get them dark enough