Daisies
Posted: July 3, 2023 Filed under: Uncategorized 11 CommentsAlice and I spent a bit of time in the front yard today. She ate flies and I sketched the daisies that have just opened. The daisies are blooming in front of a purple smokebush, and I usually use a combination of Alizarin Crimson and some sort of green to create that darkish red. Today I used Hooker’s Green, which is already on my palette, but I also squeezed out two little blobs of paint to try for the daisy foliage: Terre Verte (which is very granulating) and Olive Green. I thought they worked well together to create a very natural tone for the leaves and stems.
Love the daisies. I just had them on my mind to paint, so now you have inspired me!
Susie, I hope you got out there to sketch them!
Lovely daisies, and I’m sure, lovely garden!
Denise, my garden always suffers from my frequent travels. This week it is full of weeds that need pulling but it’s so hot out. I would have to get out there at 6 am to do it, and I would have to be covered in but spray!!
Yum, “sky raisins” are such a treat! Alice probably knows to avoid the spicy ones (bees).
I love the background dark, so rich and lush. And the textural treatment of the stems seems just right. Very effective portrayal of the play between green background and foreground.
Then there’s that touch of blue shadow on the flowers here and there — makes you feel the coolth and freshness of the flowers before summer gets hot.
Thanks Betsy. That touch of blue on the flowers is a little bit of diluted Cobalt Blue and occasionally some lavender. As for Alice, right now she’s sleeping on my cold basement office floor because it’s a steamy day here in Montreal. She doesn’t like the heat.
Lovely! I really like the background color. Your daisies are perfect w/ a touch of blue….cerulean? I’ll need to try your green mix soon. Thanks for sharing.
Bernadette, that touch of blue is a bit of very diluted Cobalt Blue, and a little lavender in places too. Thanks for having a look!
Ahhh, cobalt blue….yes!
Oh, yummy looseness.
Thanks Sandi!