It happens every year.
I love autumn. In fact I love autumn, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Elvis' birthday, Groundhog's Day, the Superbowl, my birthday, even Valentine's Day. But then I'm done with gray days, cold weather and well, winter. I'm ready for Spring Break, Mule Day, Easter, plein air painting, sunshine and warmth!!
We are entering the SAD days. The Eagles sang it best, "the sky won't snow and the sun won't shine. It's hard to tell the night time from the day." Many years I simply head south. Several friends live in Florida and are happy for a short visit and offer a guest bedroom for a few days, but this year I can't do that so I'm doing the next best thing.... painting spring.
My own daffodils are just ready to burst out of bud into glorious blooms. I can't wait.
So I painted my own....
I painted this one in Acrylics yesterday, and I like how it turned out, but I want to paint it again in oils and deconstruct some of the edges. It's hard to do that in acrylics since they dry so quickly.
Today I pulled out my Lukas Berlin water-mixable oils. I like these best because they clean up easily with water. No stinky turpentine needed. I'm allergic to turp and have to wear gloves when I paint in traditional oils, but not the water-solubles.
It may be a little too chromatic, but I love the looseness of the lowest blossom, especially.
Hold on a few more weeks. The Groundhog predicted spring is just around the corner.
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