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Current Mood: ecstatic

I guess I'd rather paint than post. I have been painting all along, and I will try to show my paintings in the next couple of posts.I guess I will start with a bird and some fish.

It is hard to comment because I have quite a few to show you.

Current Mood: content

This Rose happened while I just was in the mood to dabble with my paints. I love roses, but this time I decided on a yellow one. We once had a beautiful yellow rose bush some years ago. They had sweet scent and I loved to pick them one at a time and put them in my kitchen. They always made my kitchen a good place.

Current Mood: artistic

My daughter bought me a beautiful bouquet of purple carnations. I couldn't resist painting one!

Current Mood: happy

I don't remember how this one came about, but I am happy with the angles and bright color.

Current Mood: amused

I know I haven't posted in a long time, but it doesn't mean I haven't been painting. I will try to catch up now.

This is a painting that started with my trying new brush strokes. My imagination took over and transformed these strokes into a watercolor that I was quite happy with. Sometimes everything goes just right and it made quite happy.

Current Mood: cheerful

One of my favorite spring flowers are Hyacinth. They have such a wonderful sweet fragrance and make a room full of spring. They were a special gift from my daughter and her husband.

Current Mood: thankful

Current Mood: artistic

Knowing how much I enjoy fresh flowers, especially in the winter, my daughter bought me tulips. Since the rice paper worked so well, I thought I would use it again.

The paint stays mostly on the surface of the paper, but in such a nice way. I wonder if they still make this, because I have no idea how old it is! I really enjoy using this paper!

Current Mood: artistic

My daughter brought me a bouquet of Iris and I was so inspired to paint them. I haven't painted for a while due to Flu and viruses. Feeling a little bit better, I painted one lone flower.

Feeling a little bit more comfortable painting, I then decided the next day that I was ready to paint the whole bouquet. I wanted a looser painting by letting the paint do all the work instead of me. Since I just moved in October, I still have a lot of unpacking to do and in the process I found a packet of paper I didn't even know I had. Shell Paper made with Phenomenon rice paper. It was so pretty and sparkly and I wondered if it would take watercolor? I was feeling adventurous and I tried it out. I loved it!

Current Mood: accomplished

Love the way the light worked with the vase, water and flowers.

Current Mood: calm

Sometimes it is fun to create an abstract background from three colors and let it dry. Then look to see if you see anything real in it. If you do, then you are on your way to an adventure. Traveling through the painting using paint and brush, you allow your imagination to be free.

Current Mood: artistic

Now that I have retired for the time being, I'm just enjoying painting what comes from the garden, supermarket, and my imagination. The following are small paintings that will each fit in an 8" x 10" mat.