Paint Party Friday!

It didn't rain yesterday and by the afternoon we were able to get out and work in the garden.  It was wonderful to be back in my garden and I kept fantasizing about someone falling in love with it and wanting to buy our house because of it.

Today, though, it's raining again.  Which I guess is ok because I got to spend the day painting without feeling like I should be outside instead.

 I have to say that the daffodils turned out to be as difficult to paint as I thought they'd be.

On Wednesday when I started them, they seemed to be starting out ok.  But then I became less and less happy with them.

Needing a break from flowers and frustrated with how the bottle in the one painting turned out, I used up some more of the mixed paint to practice painting glass.

And then I decided that I needed a paint project that would just be fun, so I painted some circles and played with color mixing.

It was fun to do and the result makes me happy, too.

I didn't feel up to attempting the fuchsia today.  Instead I started a painting of my peppermint geranium.

It got a bit huge and is full of flowers, thanks to Matthias' TLC.  I carefully edited the plant in my sketch (I usually make my plants simpler than they are in real life).

Finally, I started a page in my new journal.  I've been wanting to keep a sketchbook journal forever, but was kind of intimidated to begin.

I like how my rose branch is turning out.

I used one of my cuttings as a model (I hope to plant these up and get them rooting).

I guess that's how things go.  Some days are good.  Some days are less good.  Some paintings work, some don't work as well.

One thing that did make me happy, today, is the fact that I was able to get some tickets to see The Decemberists this summer.  Matthias and I are going to meet up in Chicago in July for the concert.  I'm really excited.