Saturday, June 30, 2018

Peony

watercolor
floral

These are some of the peonies that I had this year in my garden....I have all kinds of flowers growing now....hopefully I will get to weeding the gardens in the next few days.  I do enjoy weeding and I do it a couple times a week....It has been really hot here in the Chicago area...stay cool.

Friday, June 29, 2018

Still Unloading

watercolor
14" x 21"
industry

Been really busy here getting ready for a big show next month.  I just finished framing up 40 paintings on Chicago and Industry....While I was framing the last 2 paintings, I broke my flexi-brad gun thing....you know to hold the painting into the frame.  Luckily, I had a regular brad gun so it was ok.  But now I need to order another flexi point gun.   

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Lilac from Nancy

watercolor
7" x 10"
Floral

What do I do when a student brings me flowers....I paint them.

Monday, June 18, 2018

Jansen Memories

watercolor
14" x 21"

This is a memory from the past.  I remember going here when I was a little girl with my parents.  My mom would always get veggies here along with her plants for the garden and  for her flower pots.  She always would buy a bunch of gladiolas, too.  She always loved flowers so maybe that is where I got my love for flowers.

This farm stand is long gone along with the one that they also had in Hobart, Indiana.

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Chicago Bridge

watercolor
14" x 21"
cityscape

It was another fun day taking photos and then coming back to my studio to paint them.... Digital photography is the best.  I remember when I was an art student.....eons ago.  We had to go out and take photo references.  Back in my day slides were cheaper than prints.  I think the reason why I married my hubby was because he had a Polaroid Instant Camera.  That was so cool in the day.  He also had an expensive calculator and I think it just added and subtracted.

Friday, June 8, 2018

Cala Lily

watercolor
floral

another little demo that I did for my students.  my gardens are all planted now....so let the painting begin.

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Pansy demo II

watercolor
floral

Another demo for my students.  These flowers I bought early spring.  I thought they only bloomed for a little bit.  They looked like their time was up.  One of my students who is a master gardener told me to put them out in the sun....so I did.  Wow.  She was right...they started to bloom again....LOVELY.

Monday, June 4, 2018

Yellow Pansy Demo

watercolor
5" x 7"
floral

just a little class demo of some of my pansies.

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Gramma's Garden

watercolor
floral

It's so nice watching the flowers grow.  We have had a few very hot days...like 90 degrees....today it was really cold and windy.  I wanted to plant more flowers....but hopefully it will be warmer tomorrow or at least not as windy.

have a great weekend.

Friday, June 1, 2018

Columbine

watercolor
14" x 21"
floral

These are one of the first flowers to bloom in my garden...I have been planting my flower gardens for the last 2 weeks.  I think my car automatically stops at every green house.