More than three

16 x 12 inches, ink on watercolor paper

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Winter is over, and time to celebrate Spring.  After working on yard work for several days, decided to treat myself to some flowers.  It will be a while before there are any flowers blooming outside,  so having some in the house feels wonderful.  Of course with fresh flowers, they must be painted.

14 x 11 acrylic on canvas sheet

I pick a few flowers from the bouquet, set them on the table with just the right light and started painting.

14 x 11 acrylic on canvas sheet

  After three paintings set the blooms aside, back in my kitchen.  Studied the paintings, although I liked them, they just say what I wanted the paintings to say.

 14 x 11 acrylic on canvas sheet

 Today while walking through the kitchen, I noticed how well the light and shadows looked on the bouquet, so got my watercolor pad out, a couple brushes, and my inks.  Standing in the middle of the kitchen, I painted them just as they looked, (minus the dishes in the sink), and was finally happy with the painting.

Sometimes it takes more than 3 times to get some right.

The Muse

20 x 16 inches, The Muse, acrylic on watercolor paper

My Muse visited in the form of a wolf.  I had an older painting of 3 dogs that I was never very happy with and got it out thinking it was time to discard it.  Almost with out thought I picked up a brush and some indigo acrylic paint and started painting a a wolf over the top of it.  This was my visit from my Muse and it was a wonderful one, just thought I would share.

Mary
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