Hyacinths
Posted: February 14, 2020 Filed under: Uncategorized 28 CommentsHyacinths are a sign of spring for me. And although it’s nowhere near spring in Montreal today, the ones on my kitchen counter make me happy. It’s not just the sweet fragrance that lingers in the air. It’s something that I realized only as I was painting them. It’s that each petal on each flower on each stalk curves into a little smile. That’s good enough for me. Painted in my Etchr sketchbook using lots of Cobalt Violet paint.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
I can almost smell the fragrance. I love your observation that each petal smiles. Happy Valentine’s Day.
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Thanks so much Jan. Happy Valentine’s Day to you too!
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Besides the pretty flowers – your foil wrapping and the way it catches the light, is amazing!
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Thanks so much Chris. I guess I should put it in a nicer pot but I like painting the wrapping too.
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What a beauty Valentine’s Day painting.
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thanks so much!
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Reblogged this on Becoming is Superior to Being and commented:
What a beautiful way to say I Love You!
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Lovely. You are so skilled at “painting around things.” Years of practice I imagine.
I’m curious what your modulating pigments were to adjust the cobalt violet.
I like your blackish greens (back inside the flower, for stems) a lot.
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Thanks so much Betsy. Along with Cobalt Violet, I used Cobalt Blue, Lavender and a tiny bit of Quin Rose. As for the blackish greens, they started with Hooker’s green which is in fact quite blackish. So good spotting!
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I learned a poem about hyacinths many years ago….in an art class ….when we painted the hyacinths and poem together. Seems appropriate to add to your lovely painting.
If of your mortal goods you are bereft
And in your slender store
Two loaves are left
Sell one
And with the dole
Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul
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That poem made me smile. Thanks for sharing it Bernadette.
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What color green did you use? Did you mix it yourself?
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Sue, this is Hooker’s green, mixed with a bit of yellow. It’s a nice green for foliage.
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So fresh and happy!
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Thanks Alison!
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Good Morning dear friend Shari,
There is a beautiful poetic description, in your feelings on the sweet fragrance and Smile.
All this creation of Nature, they live always smiling even when they are in pain, except we the Humans.
A lovely sketch indeed, makes us feel very pleasant and better.
Happy Valentines day.
With blessings from Uma
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And happy Valentine’s Day to you too Uma. And many thanks for writing, as always.
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This is so lovely. You paint flowers so well. Thanks.
And also a thanks to Bernadette and Uma for the poetry which is so touching.
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I always appreciate how lucky I am to have such wonderful commenters. And that includes you, Judy.
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Love your post.
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Thanks so much Melba!
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This just sings SPRING!!! Love the colors and am imagining the fragrance! Lovely!!
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Your work is so charming and inspirational.
Regards
Julie
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Nice flower, I really like how you got the shine on the wrapper.
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Thanks Shawn!
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So beautiful! Can almost smell them. The light, and the paper is perfect!
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Thanks Laura!
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…and looks so fresh, even though you must’ve used layers in the flowers
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