Spring

absolutely most favorite time of year....................

............it's like color has been sleeping and it is suddenly awakened by the light........

                       I love trees lining a driveway.  We planted these 4 years ago and
                              they are just beginning to pop with color in this pic

    
                                   ..........close up flowers in box welcoming visitors for spring..........

                                                                                                            
                               


. ....on Sunday I had to snap this one, with spring blossoms and a dusting of snow on the mountain top, such a contradiction to each other.....

  ...and last an old photo for your use, marked copyright 1942 in Can. and the Philippines  use at your discretion......

New Painting

Well I feel so embarrassed I haven't posted for quite a while,
life just seems to get in the way lately.

I thought I would share one of the canvas's I have just finished.
It was created from a a picture of my favorite things, found on my coffe table,and adding some fresh flower nearing the end of summer. Here is a picture of the painting and another of the photo where the inspiration came from.
First I added textured to the background. When it was dry, I painted Raw Umber over the texture paste to create a dark background, a little different from my usual style. On the right side I slip slapped a few colors from the palette and softened the colors out. Between each layer of colors I used glazing medium.
Usually red fades, but by using Traditions acrylic's and glazing in between the layer's it became quite vibrant!
The last step was to add a stencil. I placed it on the right side, where I had left space and used Tracy Moreau's stencil, adding texture paste over the stencil to raise the design, giving a little more dimention to the painting.