An embarrassment of riches
Posted: May 13, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 25 CommentsI was spoiled with flowers for Mother’s Day — so many bouquets I had to spread them around different rooms of the house. The lilacs ended up staying on the kitchen counter and getting sketched first.
I love lilacs! Just planted a bush last week!
And mine just died this year so I was really happy to receive this bouquet!
Perfect.:)
Thanks!
Lovely! They’re so light and airy–just like lilacs. I can practically smell them:)
Thanks Vicky. Painting lilacs can be difficult. You don’t want to paint every little bloom because that will make them too heavy!
Beautifully done!
Thanks so much Susan!
BEAUTIFUL! Well done!!!!
Thanks Sue!
Beautiful!!! I’ll jump right out and get me some lilac from my bush. I love ’em!!
Go for it Katrin. Get out there and paint some lilacs.
Gorgeous!
Thanks Bev!
Beautiful, Shari. I would love to see the effect your experience has on your students. Some day you could possibly share?
In what way do you mean Lee? I always love to share but I’m not quite sure what you mean in this case.
Happy Mother’s Day!
I’m impressed that you chose to paint such difficult flowers.
Thanks Ross. I decided to try these because they have always been my favourites. And as I wrote in another comment, I was especially pleased to receive these because my own lilac died this year. It won’t be long before these start making a mess on the counter so I had to try to paint them quickly.
So, the dying lilac was in your neglected terra cotta pots under the winter snow? : )
And, as a separate issue, I am guessing that “an embarrassment” of riches is your collective noun to describe the situation… good to see your attitude because, for many people, their collective noun is usually “an inadequacy”.
Happy mothers day! I can smell the lilacs from here.
Thanks Leon!! Glad the beautiful scent of these is making its way across the city.
Hello Shari ,
I love the way You have painted the Lilacs ….. really nice . What size is the painting .
I just arrived in Hong Kong and I will be here until July , so I hope that I will be back in time for the Montreal workshop .
Greetings from Hong Kong .
Graham
Hi Graham,
Glad you like the lilacs! This was painted on a 9″ x 12″ sheet of Fabriano Artistico hot pressed paper, although I didn’t use the whole sheet. This is about 8″ x 8″.
I hope you make it back from Hong Kong in time for the workshop too!! And I hope you have a sketchbook with you there so you can show us some Hong Kong scenes.
This is just lovely…I can almost smell the lilacs! I live in Rochester, NY, and the Lilac Festival is going on right now….a huge event in our “Flower City”. Where were these lilacs from?
Corinne Avery
Thanks Corinne. These lilacs were from a Montreal backyard. Enjoy your lilac festival. Sounds very fragrant!!